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substations

substations is the plural 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.

Questions about substations

What is substations the plural of?
Substations is the plural of substation.

Words near substations in the dictionary

  1. substate
  2. substatement
  3. substatements
  4. substates
  5. substation
  6. substations
  7. substatus
  8. substatuses
  9. substatute
  10. substatutes
  11. substaunce

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