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tandem

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tan·dem  (tndm)
n.
1. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses harnessed one before the other.
2. A team of carriage horses harnessed in single file.
3. A tandem bicycle.
4. An arrangement of two or more persons or objects placed one behind the other: driving horses in tandem.
adj.
Having two identical components arranged one behind the other: a tandem axle.

[Latin, at last, at length; see to- in Indo-European roots.]

tandem adv.

tandem
Noun
1. a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two saddles, arranged one behind the other for two riders
2. in tandem together or in conjunction: the two drugs work in tandem to combat the disease
Adverb
one behind the other: Jim and Ruth arrived, riding tandem [Latin tandem at length]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tandem - an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
placement, arrangement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"
2.tandemtandem - a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
Adv.1.tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"
Translations

tandem [ˈtændəm] ntándem m
tandem [ˈtændəm] ntandem m
tandem [ˈtændəm] nTandem nt (= together);
in tandem (fig) → zusammen
tandem [ˈtændəm] ntandem m inv

tandem
n tandem [ˈtӕndəm]
a long bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals, one behind the other. tandemدَرَّاجَه ذات مَقْعَدَين واحِدٌ وَراء الآخَرвелосипед за двамаtandemtandemdas Tandemδίδυμο ποδήλατοtándemtandemدوچرخه دو نفرهtandempyörätandemאוֹפַנַיִים לִשנַיִםसाइकिल दो या दो से अधिक एक के पीछे एक सीट व पेडल वालीbicikl s dva sjedala jednim za drugimtandemsepeda tandemtvímenningsreiðhjóltandem二人乗り自転車2인승 자전거tandemastandēmsbasikal tandemtandemtandemsykkeltandembicicleta de dois lugarestandemтандемtandemdvosedežno kolobicikl za dvojetandemcykelรถม้าสองล้อซึ่งใช้ม้าสองตัวลากเรียงตามยาวiki kişilik bisiklet雙人自行車тандемلمبي سائيکل جس ميں دو پہيے آگے پيچھے لگے ہوںxe đạp đôi
adv
(usually of two people on a tandem) one behind the other They rode tandem.tandemواحِدٌ خَلْف الآخَرтандемv tandemutandemhintereinanderπίσω από ο ένας τον άλλοen tándem, uno detrás del otropaaris, teineteise järelپشت سر همperäkkäinen tandemזֶה מְאָחרֵי זֶהआगे-पीछेdvojactandembenberduahver á eftir öðrumin tandem縦に並んで앞뒤로 나란히tandemutandēmā; viens aiz otrabersama-samaop een tandemetter hverandrew/na tandemieum atrás do outroîn tan­demцугомv tandemetandemskiudvojetandemเรียงตามกันart arda一前一後地цугом, низкоюايک دوسے کے پيچھےđi xe đạp đôi

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He was a first-rate driver; he could take a four-in-hand or a tandem as easily as a pair.
A rolling cloud of yellow dust had streamed round the curve of the road, and from the heart of it had emerged a high tandem tricycle flying along at a breakneck pace.
It was a calm; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod.
 
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