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station Noun 1. a place along a route or line at which a bus or train stops to pick up passengers or goods 2. the headquarters of an organization such as the police or fire service 3. a building with special equipment for some particular purpose: power station, a filling station 4. a television or radio channel 5. Mil a place of duty 6. position in society: he had ideas above his station 7. Austral & NZ a large sheep or cattle farm 8. the place or position where a person is assigned to stand: every man stood at his station Verb to assign (someone) to a station [Latin statio a standing still]
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station noun 3. channel, wavelength, broadcasting company 1. A general term meaning any military or naval activity at a fixed land location. 2. A particular kind of activity to which other activities or individuals may come for a specific service, often of a technical nature, e.g., aid station. 3. An assigned or prescribed position in a naval formation or cruising disposition; or an assigned area in an approach, contact, or battle disposition. 4. Any place of duty or post or position in the field to which an individual, group of individuals, or a unit may be assigned. 5. One or more transmitters or receivers or a combination of transmitters and receivers, including the accessory equipment necessary at one location, for carrying on radio communication service. Each station will be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily. Translations (MIL) → apostar; to be stationed in (MIL) → estar estacionado en (also: police station) → poste m or commissariat m (de police); action stations → postes de combat; (also: bus station) → Busbahnhof m; (also: police station) → (Polizei)wache f; (Radio) → Sender m vt (guards etc) → postieren; (soldiers etc) → stationieren; action stations (Mil) → Stellung f; action stations → posti mpl di combattimento; |
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Having satisfied himself at length upon this point, he made his way to the London and North Western Railway Station, and knocked at the door of the station-master's office. There were very few people upon Platform Number Twenty-one of Liverpool Street Station at a quarter to nine on the evening of April 2 - possibly because the platform in question is one of the most remote and least used in the great terminus. The rain seemed to be streaming down more heavily than ever and everybody in the station wore wet and glistening waterproofs. |
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