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  • noun Plural form of substation.

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Examples

  • You touch your chosen woman in substations, molust them in the train and has sex with them at home, then repeat.

    Was RapeLay 'Asking For It'? SVGL 2009

  • As part of the deal, Itron will license and embed Cisco's networking software and hardware in its meters and other grid hardware, such as substations, in its smart-grid deployments.

    CNET News.com 2010

  • Then there's the International Electrotechnical Commission, the International Organization for Standardization, American National Standards Institute, the Society of Automotive Engineers-for plug-in vehicles-and a dozen other standards bodies that will focus on pieces of the expansive grid, and a dozen other standards bodies that will focus on pieces of the expansive grid, such as substations, devices, renewable energy production, and where it will connect to buildings.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

  • Critics also say alternatives such as substations and the former Norwich

    Norwich Bulletin Home RSS 2009

  • Arizona Public Service said the outage likely started at one of its substations near Yuma, Ariz.

    Southern California Hit By a Big Power Outage Tamara Audi 2011

  • PT KAI spokesperson Mateta Rizalulhaq said the state railway operator had cancelled more than 29 scheduled train services, from Oct. 19 to Nov. 29, to accommodate an upgrade of three electrical substations along the line.

    Southeast Asia in Pictures 2011

  • Updated transmission lines and substations will waste less power between its source and your home.

    Jack Darin: The Smart Grid: A Better Forecast for Reliable Power and Clean Energy Jobs Jack Darin 2011

  • Big Energy Is Watching You "There are in excess of 500,000 mid-voltage substations in the U.K. that will need some kind of communications applied to them through the smart grid rollout," Ms. Cooke says.

    Knowledge Is Power Selina Williams 2011

  • Updated transmission lines and substations will waste less power between its source and your home.

    Jack Darin: The Smart Grid: A Better Forecast for Reliable Power and Clean Energy Jobs Jack Darin 2011

  • Updated transmission lines and substations will waste less power between its source and your home.

    Jack Darin: The Smart Grid: A Better Forecast for Reliable Power and Clean Energy Jobs Jack Darin 2011

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