Definition

1. Noun:
   • A subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network: A substation is a facility that receives high-voltage electricity from power plants, transforms it to a lower voltage, and distributes it to homes and businesses.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The new substation will improve power reliability for the entire neighborhood.
  • Engineers are performing maintenance on the electrical substation.
  • The power from the dam is sent to a substation before reaching the city.

Advanced Usage

• "to be located near a substation": to be situated close to an electrical transformation facility.
  • The factory was built near a substation to ensure a stable power supply.

Variants and Related Words

• Substation transformer (n): The specific equipment within a substation that changes the voltage of electricity.
  • They replaced the old substation transformer with a more efficient model.

Synonyms

• Electrical station: A facility for controlling and transforming electric power.
• Switching station: A type of substation primarily for connecting and routing power lines.

Related Phrases

• Substation equipment: The collective machinery and devices within a substation.
  • The storm damaged some critical substation equipment.

Noun

1. a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network