tether

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teth·er

(tĕTH'ər)

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.
A rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding one, especially an animal, in place, allowing a short radius in which one can move about.
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. Contrast with untethered. See tethering.

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Definition: fasten
Antonyms: unchain, unfasten, unshackle

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

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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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For other uses, see Tether (disambiguation).

A tether is a cord, fixture, or signal that anchors something movable to a reference point which may be fixed or moving. There are a number of applications for tethers: balloons, kites, tethered wind-energy conversion systems, anchors, tethered water-flow energy conversion systems, towing, animal constraint, and power-kiting. Tethers may break by various means; if a tether is a signal, then interruption by signal barriers breaks the tether. If the tether is a cord or rope, then upon reaching the breaking strength of the tether, the tether fails in its function. Failure modes for tethers are considered when designing arrangements where a tether is needed.^[1] When a tether or line breaks suddenly, backlash of the segments may cause severe damage or loss of life; safety links are sometimes used to prevent excessive tension in a tether involved in towing objects or persons, like in the towing of sailplanes; the safety link in a tether is thus a tether itself. Tethering objects to prevent theft of an object like a computer at a school or library is now commonly seen.^[2]

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^ Bekey, Ivan (2003). Advanced Space System Concepts and Technologies, 2010-2030+. El Segundo, Calif. : Reston, Va.: Aerospace Press ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p. 33. ISBN 9781884989124. http://books.google.com/books?id=S4u1UgfxnHcC&pg=PA33&dq=tethers&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uLD3TsmoIKHr0gGL5uyuAg&ved=0CGgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=tethers&f=false.
^ Computer Security Handbook. New York, NY: Wiley. 2002. p. 19. ISBN 9780471412588. http://books.google.com/books?id=JDXB8WTppk0C&lpg=RA2-PA19&dq=tethers%20theft-prevention&pg=RA2-PA20#v=onepage&q=tether&f=false.

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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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	end of one's rope, at the (Idiom)
	free balloon (aerospace engineering)

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