"bootleg ground" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bootleg grounds [plural]
Etymology: bootleg (“fake”) + ground (“earthing”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bootleg|ground|gloss1=fake|gloss2=earthing}} bootleg (“fake”) + ground (“earthing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bootleg ground (plural bootleg grounds)
  1. (US) A type of false ground (earth) in electrical circuits, created by wiring the grounding circuit (green wire, bare copper wire) to the neutral circuit (cold wire, white wire). Wikipedia link: en:bootleg ground Tags: US Hypernyms: false ground Translations (Translations): die klassische Nullung (German)
    Sense id: en-bootleg_ground-en-noun-xPec-R0S Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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