ground connection
Americannoun
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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
To begin with, it was a "metallic circuit;" that is, two wires were to be used instead of one wire and a "ground connection."
From Steam, Steel and Electricity by James W. Steele
Your ground connection can go to a water pipe.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by John Mills
The bell battery was found, the ground connection made with a bit of copper wire stripped from one of the state-rooms, and Ford quickly adjusted the delicate spring of the tiny field relay.
From Empire Builders by Jay Hambidge
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