substation

(sŭb'stā'shən)
n.
A subsidiary or branch station, as of a post office or an electric utility.

The electrical equipment (e.g., circuit breakers, switches, transformers, and busses) associated with the service entrance or other major transformation and distribution equipment concentrated in one location in areas of building complexes or on floors of high-rise buildings.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - understation, koblingsstation

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderstation, bijstation, transformator station

Français (French)
n. - (Élec) sous-station

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hochspannungsverteilungsanlage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποσταθμός

Italiano (Italian)
sottostazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subestação (f)

Русский (Russian)
подстанция, опытное хозяйство

Español (Spanish)
n. - subestación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - understation, transformatorstation, poststation

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分局, 分所, 分台

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分局, 分所, 分台

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (관공서 등의) 지국, 분국, (회사 등의) 지국

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 変電所, 中間加圧基地, 支局, 分署

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محطه فرعيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחנת-משנה, בעיקר של רשת חשמל‬

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