substation

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substation

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Etymology

From sub- +‎ station.

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.
   • 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, →ISBN, page 110:

     The utility now wants the network to be undergrounded in the urban areas, which would mean substations with 33 kV distribution swtichgear.

   • 2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 62:

     Meanwhile, an upgraded power supply at Sundon substation, between Leagrave and Harlington, will be commissioned concurrent with the overhead line connection and will be sufficient to power the initial electrified Corby services.

   • 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy‎, page 15:

     The Project also includes construction of a new MVEC substation (the Laketown Substation). […] Great River Energy owns and operates more than 5,100 miles of transmission line (69-kV or higher) and owns more than 100 substations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

2. A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.
3. A branch post office.
4. Any subordinate station.

Alternative forms

• sub-station

Translations

electrical substation

Armenian: ենթակայան (hy) (entʻakayan) Chinese: Cantonese: 變電站 / 变电站 (bin3 din6 zaam6) Mandarin: 變電站 / 变电站 (zh) (biàndiànzhàn), 變電所 / 变电所 (zh) (biàndiànsuǒ) (Taiwan) Danish: transformatorstation c, transformerstation c Dutch: onderstation (nl) Estonian: alajaam Finnish: ala-asema French: poste (fr) f Georgian: ქვესადგური (kvesadguri) German: Unterwerk n, Umspannwerk (de) n Indonesian: gardu induk Japanese: 変電所 (ja) (へんでんしょ, hendensho) Korean: 변전소(變電所) (ko) (byeonjeonso) Latvian: apakšstacija f Malay: pencawang Polish: podstacja f Portuguese: subestação f Russian: подстанция (ru) f (podstancija) Scottish Gaelic: ionad dealain m Spanish: subestación f Swedish: understation c Ukrainian: підста́нція f (pidstáncija) Vietnamese: ga xép, trạm biến áp Welsh: isorsaf m

satellite police station

Finnish: poliisiasema (fi) Portuguese: subdelegacia f Welsh: isorsaf m

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Translations to be checked

Irish: (please verify) fostáisiún m

References

• “substation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• bus station