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
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All this work took some time, and it was nearly dark when they had made all their connections, including the ground connection to a water pipe.
From The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize by Allen Chapman
The ground connection is made by soldering a wire to a cold water pipe.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
Make a thoroughly good ground connection with leaders, have all joints well soldered, and you may dispense with the rod as you propose.
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