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ground connection

American  

noun

Electricity.
  1. the conductor used to establish a ground.


Example Sentences

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The ground connection is broken before the charged rod is removed, leaving the sphere with an excess charge opposite to that of the rod.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

While the cause might have been a faulty alternator, or even a loose ground connection, it turned out to be a faulty new battery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Secondly, the ground connection to the central heating radiator was no good because it was winter and the radiator was hot so it presented a very high resistance!

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.

The first of these groups consists of the springs 7 and 8, the function of which is to control the continuity of the ground connection at the subscriber's station.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel

Don't fail to make a good ground connection with the water pipe inside.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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