earth return

British  

noun

1. the return path for an electrical circuit made by connections to earth at each end

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earth return

The spring shall come, and leaves grow green again,   And vernal beauty to the earth return; Sunshine and flowers shall deck the hill and plane,   And birds awake with song to greet the morn.

From Lays from the West by M. A. Nicholl

Sleep! toward the heavens If thy spirit has flown, Do not to earth return Without having obtained To bring thee up well For me the favour; This duty is all That is life to me!

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Wentworth Webster

Thou art taken from earth, and thou shalt to earth return.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric

The early telephones were operated with a single wire grounded at either end, the earth return being used to complete the circuit as with the telegraph.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Walter Kellogg Towers

Thou art earth, and thou shalt to earth return.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric

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