0 tied to a post or fixed to the ground with a rope or chain:
1 using a mobile phone as a wireless internet connection to which you can connect other devices:
an unlimited smartphone plan with a 5GB tethered option
2 attached to something:
3 closely connected with something, and changing when it changes:
Have a sweeping view of the magnificent Angkor temples from a tethered helium balloon.
Every morning I walked through a dusty olive grove past a tethered donkey to fetch the hard crusty bread.
So, this balloon stayed tethered and held down by a strong group of volunteers.
A tethered iPhone offloads its 3g "unlimited" bandwidth to the tethered device.
Tethered data doesn't cost the company anymore than what I use normally.
The ipt3 is tethered.
The updates will be made over the air or through a tethered PC client.
