- tethers
- teth·er || 'teðə(r) n. rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, lead, leash v. fasten with a tether, tie an animal with a rope or chain in order to restrict movement
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent — Steam header Publisher(s) Telltale Games Designer(s) Graham Annable … Wikipedia
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Multi-Application Survivable Tether — The Multi Application Survivable Tether (MAST) experiment was an in space investigation designed to use picosatellite spacecraft connected by tethers to better understand the survivability of tethers in space. It was launched as a secondary… … Wikipedia
HiVOLT — (acronym for High Voltage Orbiting Long Tether) is a concept proposed by Robert P. Hoyt and Robert L. Forward for removing the radiation fields of the Van Allen radiation belts [ [http://radbelts.gsfc.nasa.gov/outreach/RadNews.html NASA outreach … Wikipedia
Space Tether — Künstlerische Darstellung eines Satelliten mit einem Space Tether (NASA Material) Ein Space Tether (v. engl. space, „Raum“ und tether, „Leine“, „Spannseil“, „Fessel“) ist ein langes, starkes Seil, das Raumflugkörper in Gruppen zusammenhalten und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
