ground connection

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. the conductor used to establish a ground.

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Example Sentences

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

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 Hambidge, Jay

A little later, when the aerial was secure and Jessie went practically to work affixing the ground connection, Darrington Drew said: “Why, I believe you girls do know what you are about.”

From The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air by Penrose, Margaret

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