substation
noun
sub·sta·tion
ˈsəb-ˌstā-shən 
: a subordinate or subsidiary station: such as
a
: a branch post office
b
: a subsidiary station in which electric current is transformed
c
: a police station serving a particular area
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The company supplies an area over 25,000 square kilometers, with more than 430,000 power poles and streetlight columns, 202 major substations, and 32,600 distribution substations.
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Judith Magyar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Eder said the explosions were recorded in Cali’s Los Mangos area, near the Meléndez police station, and another at the Manuela Beltrán Immediate Attention Center (CAI), a police substation.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
The Winfield postal substation was opened in April 2021 and before that was housed for many years inside the former Fagen Pharmacy, now CVS Pharmacy, 10809 Randolph St., before Fagen’s closed in 2017.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
In addition to the costs of building more power plants, the report said, utilities will also need to install more substations, transformers and distribution lines.
—Alex Brown, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
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Judith Magyar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Eder said the explosions were recorded in Cali’s Los Mangos area, near the Meléndez police station, and another at the Manuela Beltrán Immediate Attention Center (CAI), a police substation.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
The Winfield postal substation was opened in April 2021 and before that was housed for many years inside the former Fagen Pharmacy, now CVS Pharmacy, 10809 Randolph St., before Fagen’s closed in 2017.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
In addition to the costs of building more power plants, the report said, utilities will also need to install more substations, transformers and distribution lines.
—Alex Brown, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Substation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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substation
noun
sub·sta·tion
ˈsəb-ˌstā-shən
1
: a branch post office
2
: a subsidiary station in which electric current is transformed
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