Meaning grounded
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Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
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Intentionally connected to earth through a ground connection or connections of sufficiently low impedance, and having sufficient current-carrying capacity to prevent the buildup of voltages that might [..]
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late 14c., "learned, instructed thoroughly in the basics;" 1540s as "firmly fixed or established," past participle adjective from ground (v.). Electrical sense is from 1889. Meanin [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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 Anything touching an electrical current and ground at the same time is "grounded."
Source: pacificpower.net

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Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
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Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
Source: mtecorp.com

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Connected to or in contact with earth or connected to some extended conductive body that serves instead of the earth.
Source: price-electric.com (offline)

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Connected to earth or to some conducting body which serves in place of the earth.
Source: industry.usa.siemens.com (offline)

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Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
Source: shockelectric.com

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Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
Source: kielectrical.net

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said of a ship which hits the bottom.
Source: ussrankin.org

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Permanently connected to earth through a ground connection of sufficiently low impedance and having sufficient current carrying capacity that ground fault current which may occur cannot cause a voltag [..]
Source: lightningsafety.com

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A circuit or metal object that is connected to the earth at one or more points. Done mostly for safety, grounding also reduces electromagnetic waves.
Source: lrc.rpi.edu (offline)

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(aviation,of an airman) Not allowed to fly. (of a person,predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment. (of a person) Mature, sensible with well-considered priorit [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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