tethering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tether

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or means by which something is tethered.

   “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, countable, uncountable)The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.