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sub⋅sta⋅tion

  [suhb-stey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a branch of a main post office.
2. an auxiliary power station where electrical current is converted, as from AC to DC, voltage is stepped up or down, etc.
Origin:
1885–90; sub- + station
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sub·sta·tion   (sŭb'stā'shən)   
n.  A subsidiary or branch station, as of a post office or an electric utility.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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substation 
1881, in the policing sense, from sub- + station. Power grid sense is attested from 1901.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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