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GROUNDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fastening electrical equipment to earth
Synonyms:
earthing; grounding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("grounding" is a kind of...):
attachment; fastening (the act of fastening things together)
Derivation:
ground (connect to a ground)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
Example:
a good grounding in mathematics
Synonyms:
foundation; grounding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("grounding" is a kind of...):
education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb ground
Context examples:
"The grounding line is buried under a thousand or more meters of ice, so it is incredibly challenging for a human observer on the ice sheet surface to figure out exactly where the transition is," Rignot said.
(West Antarctic Glacier loss appears unstoppable, NASA)
