tethering

• IPA^(key): /ˈteðəɹɪŋ/

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tethering

1. present participle of tether

tethering (countable and uncountable, plural tetherings)

1. The act or means by which something is tethered.
   • 1914, Bulletin (issues 1-10, page 135)

     Early childhood takes the fact for what it is best worth, and sets about finding not alone its qualities and attributes, but its affiliations, its tetherings, its implications, its adaptability to other purposes than those it serves to common sense.

2. (Internet) The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.

• Hettinger, retighten, tightener