Grounding or grounded may refer to:

Science and philosophy

  • Grounding (metaphysics), a topic of wide philosophical interest
  • Grounding, a strategy for coping with stress or other negative emotions
  • Grounding in communication, the collection of mutual knowledge, beliefs, and assumptions; "common ground"
  • Ground (electricity), a common return path for electric current
  • Symbol grounding problem, a problem in cognition and artificial intelligence

Arts and media

  • Grounded (comics), a comic book by Mark Sable for Image Comics
  • Grounded (opera), 2023 opera by Jeanine Tesori (music) and George Brant (libretto)
  • Grounded (video game), a multiplayer survival game by Obsidian Entertainment
  • "Superman: Grounded" a storyline in the Superman comic book, written by J. Michael Straczynski
  • Grounding (film), 2006 film about the collapse of the airline Swissair
  • Unaccompanied Minors, a 2006 Christmas film that was titled Grounded in the UK and Ireland
  • "Grounded", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from World Record
  • "Grounded", a song by My Vitriol
  • "Grounded", a song by Soul Asylum from the 1990 album And the Horse They Rode In On
  • "Grounded", a song by Ross Jennings from the 2021 album A Shadow of My Future Self
  • "Grounding", an interdisciplinary performance project by artist Gita Hashemi
  • "Grounded" (Star Trek: Lower Decks), 2022 television episode

Other uses

  • Grounding (discipline technique), restrictions placed on movement, privileges, or both as punishment
  • Grounding, or earthing, a pseudoscientific practice that involves people grounding themselves to the Earth for health benefits
  • Grounding Inc, a video game development company
  • Aircraft grounding, a restriction to prevent malfunctioning aircraft from flying
  • Intentional grounding, a rule violation in gridiron football
  • Ship grounding, a type of marine accident

See also

  • Ground (disambiguation)
  • Ground truth
  • Grind (disambiguation)