Ground

   

The word ground has several meanings:

  • The surface of the Earth
  • Soil, a mixture of sand and organic material present on the surface of the Earth
  • Ground (electricity), in electrical engineering, something that is connected to the Earth or at the voltage defined as zero (in the US, called ground; in the UK, called earth)
  • In philosophy, socially grounded arguments are those which take as their starting point social conditions.
  • In music, a ground bass is a bass part that continually repeats, while the melody and harmony over it change.

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