Associations to the word «Substation»

Wiktionary

SUBSTATION, noun. A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed and/or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.
SUBSTATION, noun. A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.

Dictionary definition

SUBSTATION, noun. A subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats