substation
pronunciation
How to pronounce substation in British English:
UK [ˈsʌbsteɪʃn]
How to pronounce substation in American English:
US [ˈsʌbˌsteʃən]
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- Noun:
- a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network
Word Origin
- substation (n.)
- also sub-station, 1864 in the policing sense, from sub- + station (n.). Power grid sense is attested from 1889.
Example
- 1. Load characteristics analysis of extra high voltage substation .
- 2. Design and development of load characteristic recorder for tractive substation .
- 3. Does malibu have a substation ?
- 4. First substation of zhejiang high capacity verification station .
- 5. Public substation work and basic construction of base units are still weak .