Definition of "tetherless" []

• Without a tether; not tied down (adjective)
• Wireless; pertaining to a wireless network (adjective)

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• "Srinivasan Keshav, Canada Research Chair in tetherless computing at the University of Waterloo, told lawmakers probing text messaging rates and the state of competition in the wireless telecommunications industry that the maximum cost of a single text message “very unlikely” exceeds 0.3 cents."
• "It really hurt me to see Walt just *there*--tetherless."
• "We would fly missions into polar orbits and fly jet packs on tetherless spacewalks."