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单词 substation
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substationn.1

Brit. /ˈsʌbˌsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌsteɪʃən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, station n.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + station n.
1. A station or office subordinate to a principal establishment.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > other types of building
bridge house1319
searching housea1525
folly1591
engine house1626
hut1629
pot gallery1630
pantheon1713
government office1750
enclosure1754
substation1833
art centre1863
centre1884
arts centre1922
quadplex1946
quadruplex1946
bhavan1949
low-rise1965
quad1971
quadrominium1971
see-through1975
common house1989
society > occupation and work > workplace > [noun] > where staff and apparatus are stationed > subordinate
substation1881
1833 Amer. Baptist Mag. Jan. 40/2 Have mercy on our mission stations at Tavoy, Maulmein and Rangoon, and our sub-stations at Mergui, Chummerah and Newville.
1881 Rep. Indian Affairs (U.S.) 45 The temporary establishing of two substations for the police..resulted in the locking up of the offenders.
1933 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 58 162 Only two varieties have been recommended for extended trial at the sub-stations.
1982 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel & Bombers ii. 12 The sous-brigadier who ran the substation at St. Blaize.
2010 T. G. Blacklock Breakfast in Kersey iii. 36 The briefing for the search warrants was at the sheriff's substation.
2. A station at which electric current is switched, transformed, or converted in the course of its onward transmission, intermediate in position between a power station and a low-voltage distribution network; esp. one for reducing the high voltage of electric power transmission to one suitable for supply to consumers.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun]
powerhouse1870
power plant1871
installation1882
power station1887
substation1887
power centre1892
coal plant1894
power unit1904
nuke1969
1887 T. A. Edison in Electrician 5 Aug. 274/2 A circuit extends from this source of power to the various sub-stations, at each of which feeding circuits are taken off, which extend to a district to be supplied with current.
1901 Scotsman 2 Mar. 12/5 Continuous current distribution from sub-stations.
1933 Archit. Rev. 73 2 The scheme of building included..a university sub-station for electric power which supplies the laboratories.
1982 Computerworld 24 May 30/4 The electrical supply comes from two separate substations.
1996 A. Michaels Fugitive Pieces i. 98 Athos stopped in the middle of busy city streets and pointed out fossils..in the walls of a hydro substation.
2010 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 3/8 Copper earthing was ripped out at the affected sub-stations, which were all carrying at least 11,000 volts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

substationn.2

Brit. /ˈsʌbˌsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: subscriber n., station n.
Etymology: < sub- (in subscriber n.) + station n.
Telecommunications. Now rare.
A telephone and associated lines and circuitry located at a subscriber's premises.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > types of
microtelephone1879
field telephone1880
telephone extension1881
pay telephone1886
home telephone1893
substation1897
extension1906
railophone1911
dial phone1917
payphone1919
dial telephone1921
autophone1922
mobile telephone1930
viewphone1932
videophone1944
mobile phone1945
car phone1946
video telephone1947
speaker-phone1955
picture telephone1956
princess phone1959
touchtone telephone1961
touch-tone1962
touchtone phone1963
picture phone1964
Trimphone1965
princess telephone1966
vision-telephone1966
visiophone1971
princess1973
warbler1973
landline1977
cardphone1978
feature phone1979
smartphone1980
mobile1982
cell phone1983
Vodafone1984
cellular1985
mobile device1989
brick1990
satphone1991
celly1992
burner phone1996
keitai1998
burner2002
1897 Electr. World 25 Sept. 376 Apparatus at the central office for exclusively controlling the operation of said electromagnet, whereby its operation by substation apparatus is prevented.
1907 Telephony 13 408/2 The mechanism at the substation is so enclosed..that it is impossible for a subscriber to resort to any trick by which he can artificially establish a bridge or temporary circuit.
1922 W. Aitken Automatic Telephone Syst. I. 3 A sub-station at the subscriber's office..may consist of one, or a plurality of direct lines, or a small switchboard.
1940 Chambers's Tech. Dict. 818/1 Sub-station or subscriber's station (Teleph.), a subscriber's telephone located on his premises.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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