ground loop

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An unwanted electric current that flows in a conductor connecting two points inadvertently having different potentials.
2. noun A sudden, uncontrolled rotation (yawing) of an aircraft while on the ground.
3. verb Alternative form of ground-loop: To suffer a ground loop manoeuvre.

Similar words

leakage current return current neutral current electrical current electric current telluric current voltage static electricity induction loop electrogravity

Word family

ground loops