"tethered" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe a connection or bond between two or more people, things, or ideas. For example, "The two friends were tethered by their shared love of the outdoors."
But attempts to build power plants in such places have foundered because the water is generally too deep to attach a traditional turbine's tower to the seabed.One way round this would be to put the turbine on a floating platform, tethered with cables to the seabed.
(Max Stafford-Clark, who directed its debut at the Royal Court, recalls overhearing a man in the audience describe it as "Just a bunch of drunken women chattering").Ms Churchill's nearly three dozen plays are rarely tethered to a time or place, though they often resonate with contemporary anxieties.
IN JONATHAN SWIFT'S 1726 novel, "Gulliver's Travels", the Yahoos are a degraded band of humanoids kept tethered in stalls by their equine captors.
He is overhauling his team of advisers.So Mr Harper is no longer firmly tethered to Ottawa.
A civilian version is now under development Source: Noah Ortega/Logi Aerospace The Transformer is another flying car designed for military use Source: Terrafugia The Hoverbike, a flying motorcycle, during a tethered flight test.
A decade ago test shoppers were tethered to bulky computer equipment pushed along behind them in a trolley.
A survey conducted by pollsters at YouGov for Citigroup, a bank, showed that people now expect inflation of 4.1% over the next year, the highest rate since the series began in 2005 and up from 3.1% as recently as February.This deterioration in inflationary expectations marks a clear contrast with the position earlier in the decade, when they remained tethered close to the target.
TM: He's not quite untethered: he's completely tethered to his trauma, and the patterns of repetition it bequeaths.
He's also tethered to the world: he's a poetic materialist.
This model, however, remains tethered to the ground at all times, as it has not been equipped with a propulsion system.Skylifter's engineers are now working on a 23-metre unmanned version dubbed Nikki.
Ships are granted exemptions, but a seastead tethered to the seabed would not qualify.Some countries (notably America) assert the right to extend their jurisdictions, in matters affecting their citizens, across the entire planet.
