(veterinary medicine) Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
Used in a Sentence
tethered
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tethered.
Editorial note
As mentioned in a previous thread on this topic - they don't have to register surveillance blimps, tethered or free-flying.
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Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(veterinary medicine) Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tethered gathered in one view.
(computing, electronics) connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem)
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tethered.
adjective
(veterinary medicine) Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
adjective
(computing, electronics) connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem)
Example sentences
As mentioned in a previous thread on this topic - they don't have to register surveillance blimps, tethered or free-flying.
Also, I'm pretty sure the blimps I saw were not tethered, but hard to say definitively.
We looked at the tethered drone stuff extensively early on as a way to get around FAA regulation for commercial use as did others [1].
Being tethered to a Tesla-approved route isn't an viable excuse either.
Some folks use cell (direct or tethered) on our laptops.
And unless you're ok with tethered use, you need to dedicate some power & mass to pointing & station keeping which increases the volume even more.
Restrict airspace access for densely tethered wind-farms and if they are needed closer to cities then we can figure that out later.
If I could use the watch with out my phone tethered I would probably leave my phone behind in a lot of instances.
I'm unconvinced they can do so well while tethered to one carrier.
I've seen lots of videos of the old tethered Atlas getting up.
I personally like the idea of wind turbines being tethered high-altitude blimps.
Of the 6 people sitting around me owning Androids and iPhones, all keep their phone on the desk (either tethered to the charging cable or just lying there) instead of keeping in their pockets.
Quote examples
I develop on my MacBook tethered to 24" screen, working in interpeted languages so compilation power is not an issue.
I connect to the internet exclusively via tethering to my phone and while tethered I started seeing messages in Firefox from my desktop machine giving warnings that were something like "Could not establish secure connection because the server supports a higher version of TLS".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tethered in a sentence?
As mentioned in a previous thread on this topic - they don't have to register surveillance blimps, tethered or free-flying.
What does tethered mean?
(veterinary medicine) Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
What part of speech is tethered?
tethered is commonly used as adjective.