"substation" meaning in English

See substation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: substations [plural]
Etymology: sub- + station Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|station}} sub- + station Head templates: {{en-noun}} substation (plural substations)
  1. A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed and/or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution. Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (electrical substation): ենթակայան (entʿakayan) (Armenian), 變電站 (Chinese Cantonese), 变电站 (english: bin³ din⁶ zaam⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 變電站 (Chinese Mandarin), 变电站 (biàndiànzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 變電所 (Chinese Mandarin), 变电所 (biàndiànsuǒ) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), transformatorstation [common-gender] (Danish), transformerstation [common-gender] (Danish), onderstation (Dutch), alajaam (Estonian), ala-asema (Finnish), poste [feminine] (French), ქვესადგური (kvesadguri) (Georgian), Unterwerk [neuter] (German), Umspannwerk [neuter] (German), gardu induk (Indonesian), 変電所 (hendensho) (alt: へんでんしょ) (Japanese), 변전소 (byeonjeonso) (alt: 變電所) (Korean), pencawang (Malay), podstacja [feminine] (Polish), subestação [feminine] (Portuguese), подстанция (podstancija) [feminine] (Russian), ionad dealain [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), subestación [feminine] (Spanish), understation [common-gender] (Swedish), підста́нція (pidstáncija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ga xép (Vietnamese), trạm biến áp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-substation-en-noun-CzQj4oME Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'electrical substation': 71 29
  2. A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction. Translations (satellite police station): poliisiasema (Finnish), subdelegacia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-substation-en-noun-WDU2nEkr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'satellite police station': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sub-station

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