substation
a branch of a main post office.
an auxiliary power station where electrical current is converted, as from AC to DC, voltage is stepped up or down, etc.
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How to use substation in a sentence
The most significant damage was to the company’s transmission lines, which carry the electricity from the power plants to local substations.
New Orleans power failures could pose more dangers than the hurricane itself, aid workers warn | Jacob Bogage, Will Englund | August 31, 2021 | Washington PostThe damage to substations could also be significant, with flooding being the most likely cause, he said.
New Orleans power failures could pose more dangers than the hurricane itself, aid workers warn | Jacob Bogage, Will Englund | August 31, 2021 | Washington PostBorlaug and his colleagues modeled substation requirements using data from real-world diesel delivery fleets.
Why the grid is ready for fleets of electric trucks | Casey Crownhart | July 9, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThat would mean the government would have to buy out SDG&E’s massive system of poles and wires and substations in order to take over.
Environment Report: Scientists Might Have Quicker Fix to Predict Bluff Collapse | MacKenzie Elmer | April 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoWe monitor the electrical connections between substations and other operating companies to control the electrical grid throughout Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, and the District.
Pepco employee talks diversity, inclusion, and COVID | Staff reports | August 28, 2020 | Washington Blade
One of the items published by Parastoo was a blueprint for a substation at a proposed nuclear plant in South Carolina.
Did Iran’s Cyber-Army Hack Into the IAEA’s computers? | Eli Lake | December 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are also reports that there was at least one substation explosion in the Greenwich Village area.
How Long Until New York Gets Back Up and Running? | Megan McArdle | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese earth-return cables are connected in series with special low-voltage dynamos (called negative boosters) at the substation.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousThe postmark is that of the substation in the city which is nearest to a certain political headquarters on Fourteenth Street.
Within Prison Walls | Thomas Mott OsborneA train of our ether waves accidently fell into parallelism with a train of waves from the Venus substation.
John Jones's Dollar | Harry Stephen Keeler"Then they'll show up at the substation again four or five days behind us," the Commissioner said.
Legacy | James H SchmitzSo could the fact that they had constructed the substation for it—in itself a grave breach of Federation treaties.
Legacy | James H Schmitz
British Dictionary definitions for substation
/ (ˈsʌbˌsteɪʃən) /
a subsidiary station
an installation at which electricity is received from one or more power stations for conversion from alternating to direct current, reducing the voltage, or switching before distribution by a low-tension network
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