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tether ball
Pole-attached ball hit alternately.
Electrodynamic tether
Electrodynamic tethers (EDTs) are long conducting wires, such as one deployed from a tether satellite, which can operate on electromagnetic principles as generators, by converting their kinetic energy to electrical energy, or as motors, converting electrical energy to kinetic energy.
end of tether
Reached limit of patience, endurance.
the end of tether
Reached limit of patience, endurance.
at the end of one's tether
at the end of ones tether
Space tether
Space tethers are long cables which can be used for propulsion, momentum exchange, stabilization and attitude control, or maintaining the relative positions of the components of a large dispersed satellite/spacecraft sensor system.
Space tether missions
A number of space tethers have been deployed in space missions.
Momentum exchange tether
A momentum exchange tether is a kind of space tether that could theoretically be used as a launch system, or to change spacecraft orbits.
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