Substation
['sʌbsteɪʃ(ə)n] or ['sʌb'steʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network.
Typist: Marietta--From WordNet
Definition
n. a subordinate station.
Checked by Hugo
Examples
- His study of the problem brought him to the development of the modern substation, although the twists that later evolutions have given the idea have left it scarcely recognizable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the end of 1909 the New York Edison Company alone was operating twenty-eight stations and substations, having a total capacity of 159,500 kilowatts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Transmission over the Zone is effected through four substations and a connecting high voltage transmission line which follows the main line of the Panama Railroad. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Melinda