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Earthing and Electrical Safety - Class IX
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The word "earthing" also implies:
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discharging of a body.
💡 Explanation:
An earthing system or grounding system is circuitry which connects parts of the electric circuit with the ground, thus defining the electric potential of the conductors relative to the Earth's conductive surface.
Thus excess charge passes to the earth which is considered as infinite source of charge absorbent.i.e. charges are discharged.