1. station - Noun
2. station - Verb
The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.
The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.
The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying.
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.
A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
Situation; position; location.
State; rank; condition of life; social status.
The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.
To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
Source: Webster's dictionaryContent thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station. Joseph Addison
Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen. Larry Niven
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station. William Gibson
She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness. Milan Kundera
After analyzing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest that the USA bring their astronauts to the International Space Station using a trampoline. Dmitry Rogozin
The intelligence of the average individual reaches its lowest ebb when he enters a railroad station. American Proverb