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grounded

Said of an electrical device, piece of equipment, or electrical system that is connected to the earth or to some extended electrically conducting body that serves as the earth, whether the connection is intentional or accidental.

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No references found			We grounded the wire of a pocket electrical battery in that powder, we placed a whole magazine of Greek fire on each corner of the roof -- blue on one corner, green on another, red on another, and purple on the last -- and grounded a wire in each. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context I know not that any other author has hinted of the matter; but by inference it seems to me that the sturgeon must be divided in the same way as the whale, the King receiving the highly dense and elastic head peculiar to that fish, which, symbolically regarded, may possibly be humorously grounded upon some presumed congeniality. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context My brother and I were ten years old, and well educated for that age, very studious, very fond of our books, and well grounded in the German, French, Spanish, and English languages. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context			ground-air ground-based navigation aid ground-check chamber Ground-Cherry ground-controlled approach ground-controlled approach minimums ground-controlled approach radar ground-controlled intercept radar ground-controlled interception ground-derived navigation data ground-effect machine Ground-Effect Machine, Marine ground-faced block ground-key faucet ground-key valve ground-penetrating radar ground-plane antenna ground-position indicator ground-probing radar ground-referenced navigation data ground-reflected wave ground-return circuit ground-state maser ground-to-cloud discharge ground-up read-only memory grounded grounded conductor grounded ice grounded system grounded work grounded-anode amplifier grounded-base amplifier grounded-base connection grounded-cathode amplifier grounded-collector connection grounded-emitter amplifier grounded-emitter connection grounded-gate amplifier grounded-grid amplifier grounded-grid-triode circuit grounded-grid-triode mixer grounded-plate amplifier groundhog Groundhog Day grounding grounding conductor grounding electrode grounding electrode conductor grounding outlet grounding plate grounding plug			Ground-Water Under the Influence of surface water Ground/Air Ground/Air Display for Geographical/Hydrographic Tracking Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Ground/Air Training Missile Ground/Airborne Integrated Terminal Ground/Ground Ground/Gunnery Liaison Officer ground/vehicle laser locator designator Ground/Vehicular Laser Locator Designator groundage groundage Groundbait groundbaiting groundball Groundball Double Play groundberry groundbreaker groundbreakers groundbreaking groundbreaking ceremony Groundcherry Groundcherry Groundcherry groundcover groundcover Groundcrew Groundcrew Flying Training Period grounded Grounded Co-Planar Waveguide grounded conductor Grounded Di-Electric Layer Grounded Dielectric Slab Grounded for Life grounded ice grounded in fact Grounded into double play Grounded into double play Grounded Into Triple Play Grounded Layered Architecture with Integrated Reasoning grounded on grounded out grounded out grounded out grounded out grounded system Grounded theory Grounded Theory Institute Grounded Theory Method grounded theory research grounded theory research grounded theory research grounded theory research Grounded Until Further Notice grounded work grounded-anode amplifier grounded-base amplifier grounded-base connection grounded-cathode amplifier

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