ground plate

American  

noun

1. Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.

2. Building Trades. groundsill.

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ground plate British  

noun

1. Also called: groundsill.   soleplate.  a joist forming the lowest member of a timber frame

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Etymology

Origin of ground plate

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

When printed, the little plates emboss themselves more deeply into the paper than the ground plate, giving a perspective effect.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ground plate here is one of the electrodes, and the other is replaced by the surface of the earth strongly charged to a great distance under the storm clouds.

From Project Gutenberg

No notable modification occurs, then, in the curves of equal potential, in the vicinity of the ground plate through the action of this extended charge, nor consequently any modification in the curves of the current; but the electricity which spreads has but a short distance to travel in order to overcome the most important resistances.

From Project Gutenberg

The carbon blocks with their separator slide between clips and a ground plate.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground plate is of carbon, Page 299 circular in form, covering both line plates with a mica separator.

From Project Gutenberg