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/sˈəbstˌeɪʃən/ Listen

Substation

noun

A subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network.

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"Substation" Quotes from Famous Books

... of reason penetrated into the numbed blankness of his brain. The dark arch of the entrance-way was somehow familiar. Still legible under the verdigris of the bronze plate on the lintel he read, "Transportation Substation—District L2ZX." Now he understood why he had not seen the black flier till it had leaped in pursuit: how it was that Naomi's captors had so quickly found another 'copter. A broad well penetrated the center of this building—its opening must be ...

— When the Sleepers Woke • Arthur Leo Zagat

... wherein were all figures of celebrities, kings, emperors, ancient and modern and celebrated crimes, which if I had had your permission about it you would have been placed in the number I had then a place in the railroad substation to have charge of the cabinets which the jealousy of my rival made me lose, it is in these sentiments that I write you if you deign to write the history of my unhappy life you alone would be worthy of it and would see in it things of which you would be worthy ...

— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert

Words linked to "Substation" : station