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 house connection was made and the ground connection.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret

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.

Your ground connection can be made best by wiring to the cold water pipe, although wiring to a steam or gas pipe will do almost as well.

From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Breckenridge, Gerald