Usually means: Facility converting and distributing electrical power.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. substation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. substation: Merriam-Webster
  3. substation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. substation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. substation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. substation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Substation, substation: Wordnik
  8. substation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. substation: Wiktionary
  10. substation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. substation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. substation: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. substation: Dictionary.com
  14. substation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Substation, The Substation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. substation: Rhymezone
  17. substation: FreeDictionary.org
  18. substation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. substation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Substation: Energy Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. substation: Encyclopedia

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Energy Terms (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.
noun:  A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.
noun:  A branch post office.
noun:  Any subordinate station.

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