Station

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Station (from Latin statio) may refer to:

• Status or social status
• a relay station in a courier system
• cursus publicus (Roman Empire)
• Station, California, former name of Laws, California
• a type of postal facility that is not a main post office; term explained in United States Postal Service
• Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
• Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
• Fire station
• Gauging station, a location along a river or stream used for gaging or other measurements
• Hill station is a town in India which is high enough to be relatively cool in summer
• diplomatic mission or station, where a diplomatic/consular official (or mission) is posted
• Stations of the Cross refer to a Christian devotion and its associated images
• In childbirth, "station of labor" refers to the position of a baby in the birth canal, ranging from -4 to +4. A reading of 0 means that the baby is 'engaged' and labor has started.
• The Stations (Irish custom), was the custom during the period English proscriptions against Catholicism of gathering in homes for mass and socializing
• A desk with permanent fixtures - e.g. one might describe the desk that a supervisor sits at in a power station control room as a 'station'
• Station is the second full-length album by the instrumental rock band Russian Circles
• Stations, a song, second single from New Zealand and Shihad's debut album Churn
• The Station, a nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, that burned down in 2003 killing 100 people

[edit] Traffic and infrastructure

• Filling station, gas station or petrol station
• Power station
• Space station
• Transit station:
  • Bus station
  • Metro station (underground or elevated )
  • Train station or Railway station (British English)
  • Train order station
• Police station
• Station manager, airline terminology for the head airline manager at an airport the airline operates at

[edit] Military

• Naval air station, an airbase of the United States Navy
• Royal Air Force station
• Royal Naval Air Station
• station (frontier defensive structure)
• more generally a military base, meaning the infrastructure and the personnel there being stationed there
• Station - a designated patrol area at sea or in the air

[edit] Telecommunication

• Broadcast station
  • Radio station
  • Television station
• Earth station

[edit] Computer networks

• Station (networking)
  • Primary station
  • Control station
  • Slave station
• Workstation

[edit] See also

• Station Chief
• Stationery
• Stations of the Exodus, list of the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt
• Station.com, Sony Online Entertainment game portal
• Station wagon, a vehicle body style

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