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# substation

noun (a substation, substations)

«substation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A substation is a place, often fenced in, with large electrical equipment that changes electricity so it can be sent to homes, schools and shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#m1)
2. A substation can also be a small branch office, like a police substation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and safety lessons about electricity, power stations make electricity, pylons carry it, and substations change the voltage before it reaches homes. Safety: never climb into a substation or fetch a ball from one — the electricity can kill; tell an adult or call the power company. Signs say «Danger of death».

### Examples

- A substation turns very high voltage into safer voltage for homes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#x1)
- Never go inside a substation fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#x2)
- Our ball went over the fence into the substation, so we called an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#x3)
- The lights went out when the substation was hit by lightning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#x4)
- There is a small substation at the end of our street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#x5)
- The sign on the substation says «Danger: keep out». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/#x6)

### Note

Countable noun: sub- (under, smaller) + station. Electricity at a substation is extremely dangerous even without touching: stay away. In science, voltage is stepped up for long-distance cables and stepped down at substations.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «substation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«substation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/substation.html) on Mova free.