All 27 Uses
tether
in
The Martian
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- She says it'll keep me tethered to humanity.†
p. 192.2 *tethered = tied so as to limit the boundaries of movement
- An attached tether led to a spool on the wall.†
p. 254.9
- I just finished attaching all the tethers we have into one long line.†
p. 333.7tethers = ties to something so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the ropes or other materials used to do the tying
- Any more, and I risk breaking the tether if I can't stop in time.†
p. 333.8
- I know I'm not supposed to go untethered, but without my leash I could get way out there—†
p. 334.4untethered = not tied or limitedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untethered means not and reverses the meaning of tethered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The tethers are linked and spooled in Airlock 2.†
p. 338.4tethers = ties to something so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the ropes or other materials used to do the tying
- Vogel, if all goes according to plan, you're pulling Beck and Watney back aboard with the tether.†
p. 338.8
- BECK FLOATED in the airlock, tethered to a wall-mounted spool.†
p. 344.4tethered = tied so as to limit the boundaries of movement
- If I can't reach Mark, I want you to release my tether.†
p. 344.8
- I have an MMU, I can get back without a tether.†
p. 344.9
- How fast can you get going if you're untethered?†
p. 352.5untethered = not tied or limitedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untethered means not and reverses the meaning of tethered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I'll move my tether along, mountain climber style.†
p. 357.2
- Make sure you're both tethered in.†
p. 360.9tethered = tied so as to limit the boundaries of movement
- "Copy," Beck said as he attached his tether.†
p. 360.9
- "Understood," Vogel said, loosely gripping Beck's tether.†
p. 363.6
- The presumption in those practice sessions was that he'd be rescuing a crewmate whose tether had broken, but the principle was the same.†
p. 364.1
- No untethered movement.†
p. 364.3untethered = not tied or limitedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untethered means not and reverses the meaning of tethered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- You have one hundred and sixty-nine meters of tether left.†
p. 364.9
- We've got eleven seconds before we run out of tether.†
p. 365.3
- "Copy," Beck said as he hastily latched the front of his suit to the front of Watney's with tether clips.†
p. 365.4
- Throughout the process, he had been feeding tether out of the airlock.†
p. 365.9
- He simply closed his hands over the tether to create friction.†
p. 365.9
- Hermes was now pulling Beck and Watney along, with Vogel's use of the tether acting as a shock absorber.†
p. 366.1
- If Vogel used too much force, the shock of it would pull the tether free from Beck's suit clips.†
p. 366.1
- If he used too little, the tether would run out before they matched speeds, then jerk to a hard stop at the end, which would also rip it out of Beck's suit clips.†
p. 366.1
- After a few seconds of tense, gut-feel physics, he felt the force on the tether abate.†
p. 366.3
- They were sore the whole time, but they really started screaming when Vogel pulled us into the airlock by the tether.†
p. 367.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(tether) to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)