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Dictionary: teth·er   (TH'ər) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. A rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding an animal in place, allowing a short radius in which it can move about.
    2. A similar ropelike restraint used as a safety measure, especially for young children and astronauts.
  1. A rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding one, especially an animal, in place, allowing a short radius in which one can move about.
  2. The extent or limit of one's resources, abilities, or endurance: drought-stricken farmers at the end of their tether.
tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

To fasten or restrict with or as if with a tether.

[Middle English tedir, tethir, from Old Norse tjōdhr.]


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Attached to a data or power source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered.

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Definition: fasten
Antonyms: unchain, unfasten, unshackle


 

To tie an animal up by the head or neck so that it can graze but not move away. See also barton tether.

 
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IN BRIEF: To fasten something with a line or rope.

pronunciation Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. — Penelope Lively

 
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A tether is a cord that anchors something movable to a stationary point. There are a number of applications for tethers, but the primary use is limiting the movement of animals.[citation needed]

Uses for tethers

  • Animal husbandry, to tether a cow, goat, ox or horse by means of rope or chain. A means to restrict the area which an animal can graze.
  • Airbags: to prevent the airbag from inflating to too large of a volume.
  • Remote controlled cars, before the advent of Radio controlled cars
  • Ballooning: line to keep a balloon at a fixed distance from a point to limit drift.
  • Cellphones: to secure mobile devices in retail stores, or using cell phone as a modem.
  • Digital photography: to take pictures while connected to a personal computer, for a quick transfer of images to the computer (and sometimes also display on the computer screen).
  • Infant car seat: Most forward-facing child car seats for children weighing nine kilograms and over are equipped with a tether strap. The tether strap is located on the rear of the child car safety seat and has a hook. The hook is designed to attach the strap to the tether anchorage on the vehicle as specified by the vehicle manufacturer. Ensure the tether is only secured to the designated anchorage point(s) in the vehicle as specified by the manufacturer.
  • In cell biology, a tether (cell biology) is an elongated cylinder of a cell membrane.
  • Formula One: to secure wheels to chassis.
  • Economics: to regulate cost/benefit ratios and prevent price inflation
  • Giant Inflatables: to secure giant inflatables.
  • House Arrest: electric monitoring device affixed to ankle in order to prevent travel outside of one's homestead.
  • Military: lanyard or "dummy cord" used to secure a piece of equipment to an anchor to prevent losing it.
  • Parachuting: line used to deploy a parachute automatically at a certain distance by attaching it to the aircraft. In military parachuting, this is called a "static line". Also, a line used in military parachuting to secure equipment to parachuters so to not interfere with landing, known as a "lowering line".
  • pacifier clip: to secure a pacifier to an infant or toddler.
  • Rock climbing and mountain climbing
  • ROVs
  • Ships: to secure crew from being blown overboard by heavy wind.
  • Sports: In the common children's game in which a ball is tethered to a pole, see Tetherball.
  • Tether satellites

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tøjr
v. tr. - tøjre, binde

Nederlands (Dutch)
(tuier)touw (om grazend dier aan vast te maken), vastbinden

Français (French)
n. - longe
v. tr. - attacher

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haltestrick, Kette, Grenze
v. - anbinden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λουρί, αλυσίδα ή σκοινί για δέσιμο ζώου, (μτφ.) όριο αντοχής, δύναμης κ.λπ.
v. - δένω (ζώο) με λουρί, αλυσίδα ή σκοινί

Italiano (Italian)
pastoia, impastoiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corda (f), limite (de forças ou recursos de alguém)
v. - amarrar, acorrentar

Русский (Russian)
привязь, путы (для лошади), привязывать (пасущееся животное), ограничивать, сковывать, связывать

Español (Spanish)
n. - soga, ronzal, correa (con que se tiene atado un animal)
v. tr. - atar, estacar (a un animal)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjuder
v. - tjudra, binda, klavbinda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
系绳, 界限, 系链, 栓, 限制, 束缚

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 繫繩, 界限, 繫鏈
v. tr. - 栓, 限制, 束縛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밧줄, 한계, 범위
v. tr. - 밧줄로 잡아매다, 매어 두다, 속박하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つなぎ繩, 範囲, 限界, つなぎ縄
v. - つなぎ留める, 束縛する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نطاق, مجال, حبل يشد الى وتد ويطول للدابه فترعى مقيدة به, الطول (فعل) يقيد بطول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אפסר, רצועה, חבל, טווח הידע או הסמכות של אדם‬
v. tr. - ‮קשר ברצועה, קשר בהמה ברצועה‬


 
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