"connected to ground" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a physical connection between an object and the ground. For example, "The electrical device was connected to ground for safety purposes."
Two other types contain transistors with pins C1 or C2 connected to ground, mostly serving as inverters.
After you have the negative terminal connected to ground, cover the connection with paint, caulk or a similar protective material to prevent rust (corrosion = noise).
(At least Mr. Adams's memorial has been realized, unlike most other projects connected to ground zero).
Unless they were charging, aviation experts said, the batteries would not have been in use if the plane were connected to ground power.
The lightning charge passes to wire conductors alongside the house (either inside or outside the walls), which are connected to ground rods driven into the earth about two feet from the house.
The Uniformed Firefighters Association earlier this year linked the deaths of two firefighters and a battalion chief — from lung disease and respiratory ailments — to the air at ground zero, although the Fire Department itself has not formally acknowledged that those deaths were connected to ground zero work.
In newer homes, even if the three-prong outlet is present and connected to the third ground wire, there is the possibility of a loose connection in the ground circuit.
Finally, the collections here produced a designer who is alive and connected to the real ground, someone not caught up in the old games about sex and class, but firmly part of his times.
Grants are wonderful tools when appropriate, but a more integrated approach reflects a world more connected to on-the-ground problems, and more relevant to the mainstream global economy.
Although I have been trying to ween myself off sports fandom, I remain connected to the sports fanaticism of the U.S. ― one most solidly grounded in college and pro football, the perfect metaphor for the gladiator culture that defines us.
"Connected to something bigger than myself".
