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substation Definition

sub·sta·tion (sub′stā′s̸hən)

noun

a lesser station or a division of a station; specif., a small post-office station, as in a store or at a philatelic convention

substation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: An electricity company bought some of the land to build a large substation.
  • include: The latter includes traction substations and the 1500 V DC overhead contact line.
  • play: Children taking part in the hour long safety session will learn about the hazards of playing near substations, underground cables and overhead lines.
  • enter: The youngsters watch a video where a young boy is fatally injured after ignoring triangular yellow Danger of Death signs and entering a substation.
  • package: A typical indoor packaged substation comprises a power transformer and a low voltage switchboard assembled together to form a complete unit.

Adjective modifier

  • electrical: These holes were required to accommodate a high security steel fence around the perimeter of an electrical substation.
  • electric: The water flooded into control rooms and an electric substation causing damage to operating equipment.
  • near: Children should not play ball games or try to retrieve lost items from near substations.
  • large: An electricity company bought some of the land to build a large substation.
  • local: They were very similar to the type normally found at small local electricity substations.
  • primary: Underground cables carry electricity at 33,000 Volts from La Collette power station to the five primary substations on the island.

Modifies a noun

  • automation: This is considered to be the final obstacle to full migration to Ethernet in areas such as substation automation.
  • building: The generator is sized to power the services within the substation building.
  • equipment: This is due to the Electricity supplier installing new substation equipment.
  • staff: One of the substation staff showed me his party trick, As I said above, the two poles were electrically isolated from earth.

Noun used with modifier

  • transformer: Sources of Electromagnetic Interference ( EMI ); power lines, transformer substations, transmitters, GSM base stations, mobile phones.
  • electricity: They were very similar to the type normally found at small local electricity substations.
  • power: Not to mention overhead powerlines, power substations, mobile towers etc... These Cancer Councils are corrupt.
  • traction: The latter includes traction substations and the 1500 V DC overhead contact line.
  • distribution: See Appendix 6. Possible locations might be at electricity distribution substations.