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sub-station

sub-station is the alternative form of substation.

Meaning of substation

Noun

substation (plural substations)

  1. A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.
    • The utility now wants the network to be undergrounded in the urban areas, which would mean substations with 33 kV distribution swtichgear.2006, Janes Northcote-Green, Robert Wilson, “Design, Construction and Operation of Distribution Systems, MV Networks”, in Control and Automation of Electrical Power Distribution Systems, CRC Press...
  2. A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.
  3. A branch post office.

Forms of sub-station

pluralsub-stations

Origin of sub-station

From sub- + station.

Questions about sub-station

What is sub-station the alternative form of?
Sub-station is the alternative form of substation.

Words near sub-station in the dictionary

  1. sub-specialties
  2. sub-specialty
  3. sub-standard
  4. sub-state
  5. sub-states
  6. sub-station
  7. sub-stations
  8. sub-sub-sub-subbasement
  9. sub-sub-subbasement
  10. sub-subbasement
  11. sub-subunderlease

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