ungrounded
adjEtymology From Middle English ungroundid, ungronded, ungrundid, ungrounded; equivalent to un- + grounded.
1
Not grounded; without ground or basis, unreal, false.
- The defendant's claims are fictitious; they are entirely ungrounded in fact.
2
Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Not connected to ground potential
- Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded.
- If the charge is allowed to build, the core will discharge into the hull of a ship. All ungrounded crew members are fried to a crisp, all electronic system are burned out, and metal bulkheads may be melted and fused together.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: FTL Drive: Drive Charge Codex entry:
- Derived terms
- ungroundedly, ungroundedness