a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers.
the building or buildings at such a stopping place.
the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services: police station; fire station; postal station.
a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like: gasoline station; geophysical station.
the position, as of persons or things, in a scale of estimation, rank, or dignity; standing: the responsibility of persons of high station.
a position, office, rank, calling, or the like.
Radio and Television.
- a studio or building from which broadcasts originate.
- a person or organization originating and broadcasting messages or programs.
- a specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster: Tune to the Civil Defense station.
- the complete equipment used in transmitting and receiving broadcasts.
Military.
- a military place of duty.
- a semipermanent army post.
Navy.
a place or region to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
(formerly in India) the area in which the British officials of a district or the officers of a garrison resided.
Biology.
a particular area or type of region where a given animal or plant is found.
Australian.
a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., especially for raising sheep.
Surveying.
- Also called instrument station, set-up. a point where an observation is taken.
- a precisely located reference point.
- a length of 100 feet (30 meters) along a survey line.
a section or area assigned to a waiter, soldier, etc.; post: The waiter says this isn't his station.
Archaic.
the fact or condition of standing still.
