Grounding or grounded may refer to:

Science and philosophy

Grounding (metaphysics) Grounding is a topic in metaphysics. Consider an ordinary physical object, such as a table, and the atoms it is made of. Without the atoms, the table would not exist. The table's existence ''depends'' on the existence of the atoms. This kind of depe ...

, a topic of wide philosophical interest *

Grounding (psychology) Coping refers to conscious strategies used to reduce unpleasant emotions. Coping strategies can be cognitions or behaviours and can be individual or social. Theories of coping Hundreds of coping strategies have been proposed in an attempt to ...

, a strategy for coping with stress or other negative emotions *

Grounding in communication Grounding in communication is a concept proposed by Herbert H. Clark and Susan E. Brennan. It comprises the collection of "mutual knowledge, mutual beliefs, and mutual assumptions" that is essential for communication between two people. Successf ...

, the collection of mutual knowledge, beliefs, and assumptions; "common ground" *

Ground (electricity) In electrical engineering, ground or earth is a reference point in an electrical circuit from which voltages are measured, a common return path for electric current, or a direct physical connection to the Earth. Electrical circuits may be conne ...

, a common return path for electric current *

Symbol grounding In cognitive science and semantics, the symbol grounding problem concerns how it is that words (symbols in general) get their meanings, and hence is closely related to the problem of what meaning itself really is. The problem of meaning is in t ...

, a problem in cognition and artificial intelligence

Arts and media

* ''Grounded'' (comics), a comic book by Mark Sable for Image Comics * ''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 ''Unaccompanied Minors'' (also known as ''Grounded'' in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a 2006 Christmas film, Christmas comedy film directed by Paul Feig and starring Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan ...

'', a 2006 Christmas film that was titled ''Grounded'' in the UK and Ireland * "Grounded", a song by Lower Than Atlantis from ''

World Record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

'' * "Grounded", a song by

My Vitriol My Vitriol are a British alternative rock band, formed in 1999 in London. The band currently comprises singer and guitarist Som Wardner, drummer Ravi Kesavaram, guitarist Seth Taylor and bassist Tatia Starkey. The band had success with their de ...

* "Grounded", a song by Soul Asylum from the 1990 album ''

And the Horse They Rode in On or AND may refer to: Logic, grammar, and computing * Conjunction (grammar), connecting two words, phrases, or clauses * Logical conjunction in mathematical logic, notated as "∧", "⋅", "&", or simple juxtaposition * Bitwise AND, a boole ...

'' * "Grounded", a song by

Ross Jennings Ross James Jennings (13 November 1944 – 25 March 2016) was a New Zealand actor, becoming one of New Zealand's most experienced television producers and directors, whose credits included ''The Mad Dog Gang'', '' Close to Home'', Moynihan, Insi ...

from the 2021 album ''

A Shadow of My Future Self ''A Shadow of My Future Self'' is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Ross Jennings. It was released on 19 November 2021 through Graphite Records. Unlike his more well-known Progressive music, Jennings' solo record follows a much m ...

'' * "Grounding", an interdisciplinary performance project by artist

Gita Hashemi Gita Hashemi (Persian: گیتا هاشمی, born 1961) is an Iranian-born artist, writer and curator residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her work juxtaposes history and the present, political and personal, and local and global. It draws on lang ...

Other uses

Grounding (discipline technique) Grounding is a general discipline technique which is restriction of children at home from going out. During this time period, any positive reinforcement is taken away and other privileges, such as but not limited to using the Internet, playing vide ...

, restrictions placed on movement, privileges, or both as punishment *

Grounding (nature therapy) Nature therapy, sometimes referred to as ecotherapy, forest therapy, forest bathing, grounding, earthing, Shinrin-Yoku or Sami Lok, is a practice that describes a broad group of techniques or treatments to use nature to improve mental or physica ...

, a pseudoscientific practice that involves people grounding themselves to the Earth for health benefits *

Grounding Inc is a Japanese video game developer. His work includes leading the teams which created Sega Saturn games ''Panzer Dragoon'', ''Panzer Dragoon II Zwei'', and ''Panzer Dragoon Saga'', and Xbox title '' Phantom Dust''. He is the co-founder of vide ...

, a video game development company * Aircraft grounding, a restriction to prevent malfunctioning aircraft from flying *

Intentional grounding In gridiron football, intentional grounding is a violation of the rules where "a passer...throws a forward pass without a realistic chance of completion."Official Rules of the NFL, Rule 8-3-1. This typically happens when a quarterback about to be ...

, a rule violation in gridiron football *

Ship grounding Ship grounding or ship stranding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side. It may be intentional, as in beaching to land crew or cargo, and careening, for maintenance or repair, or unintentional, as in a marine accident. In accidenta ...

, a type of marine accident

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