ground plate
Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
Building Trades. groundsill.
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How to use ground plate in a sentence
Prepare a finely ground plate with phosphoric acid and gum, wash very well with water, and let it dry.
The Invention of Lithography | Alois SenefelderThe ground plate is of carbon, Page 299 circular in form, covering both line plates with a mica separator.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 | Kempster MillerThe carbon blocks with their separator slide between clips and a ground plate.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 | Kempster Miller
British Dictionary definitions for ground plate
a joist forming the lowest member of a timber frame: Also called: groundsill, soleplate
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