stations
Places of duty
Stations are places where people wait, gather, or work—especially for transportation or service.
A train station or bus station is where passengers board.
A police station or fire station houses personnel.
A radio or television station broadcasts programming.
Station also suggests assigned position: The soldiers took their stations.
To station someone is to assign them to a post.
One's station in life, now somewhat dated, refers to social rank or standing.
Raised flat structure
- terminalAt the endpoint
- depotVehicle storage facility
- stopCease all motion
- commuterOne who travels regularly
subway · metro · train · bus · railway · underground · ticket · turnstile
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- signalMessage-conveying cue
frequency · airwaves · satellite · programming · channel · FM · AM · affiliate
Rate of recurrence
- tunerDevice selecting broadcast frequencies
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- FMCarrier wave frequency variation
- AMPre-midday designation
shortwave · receiver · transistor · dial · static · signal · bandwidth · modulation
Passage for transmission
- networkInterconnected system
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
remote · anchor · newsroom · affiliate · ratings · viewer · programming · local
Formless, expanding substance
- petrolMotor vehicle fuel
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- fuelEnergy source material
- rest stopRoadside traveler facility
attendant · convenience · truck stop · charging · EV · refuel · roadside · highway
Revolving around another
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- dockingConnecting to a port
- moduleIndependent functional component
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
crew · habitat · spacecraft · satellite · rendezvous · airlock · cosmonaut · Mir
Vertical structural beam
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- dutyRequired moral task
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- placementPutting somewhere specific
role · watch · guard · lookout · sentry · outpost · garrison · checkpoint
Technical computing system
- deskFurniture for writing
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
- postVertical structural beam
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
booth · counter · checkpoint · position · duty · assignment · operator · terminal
Pass from side to side
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- prayerAddress to deity
- LentChristian fasting season
procession · meditation · chapel · shrine · Calvary · Jesus · Passion · contemplation
Systematic fact-finding effort
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- AntarcticSouthern polar region
- marineRelating to the sea
biological · monitoring · observatory · field · experimental · data · equipment · readings
platform
Raised flat structure
commuter · subway · metro · train · bus · railway · underground · ticket · turnstile · departure
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
signal · frequency · airwaves · satellite · programming · channel · FM · AM · affiliate · network
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- tunerDevice selecting broadcast frequencies
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- FMCarrier wave frequency variation
AM · shortwave · receiver · transistor · dial · static · signal · bandwidth · modulation · airwaves
channel
Passage for transmission
broadcast · remote · anchor · newsroom · affiliate · ratings · viewer · programming · local · public
gas
Formless, expanding substance
rest stop · attendant · convenience · truck stop · charging · EV · refuel · roadside · highway · diesel
orbital
Revolving around another
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- dockingConnecting to a port
- moduleIndependent functional component
astronaut · crew · habitat · spacecraft · satellite · rendezvous · airlock · cosmonaut · Mir · Skylab
post
Vertical structural beam
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- dutyRequired moral task
- rankPosition in hierarchy
placement · role · watch · guard · lookout · sentry · outpost · garrison · checkpoint · base
workstation
Technical computing system
assembly line · booth · counter · checkpoint · position · duty · assignment · operator · terminal · shift
cross
Pass from side to side
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- prayerAddress to deity
Lent · procession · meditation · chapel · shrine · Calvary · Jesus · Passion · contemplation
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- AntarcticSouthern polar region
marine · biological · monitoring · observatory · field · experimental · data · equipment · readings · sensors
- travel termsnonstop, direct, airline, one-way, round-trip
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio broadcast, AM
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, passenger rail, train ticket
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
stationsclasslessness
Lack of social hierarchy
obscurity · rootlessness · anonymity · displacement · marginalization
- gas stationRetail fuel vendor
- fire stationEmergency responder base
- police stationLaw enforcement facility
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- radio stationFacility transmitting audio programming
- bus stationTransit departure point
station, stationary, gas station, stationed, stationery, fire station, stationing, police station, space station