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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. tandem دَرَّاجَه ذات مَقْعَدَين واحِدٌ وَراء الآخَر велосипед за двама tandem tandem das Tandem δίδυμο ποδήλατο tándem tandem دوچرخه دو نفره tandempyörä tandem אוֹפַנַיִים לִשנַיִם साइकिल दो या दो से अधिक एक के पीछे एक सीट व पेडल वाली bicikl s dva sjedala jednim za drugim tandem sepeda tandem tvímenningsreiðhjól tandem 二人乗り自転車 2인승 자전거 tandemas tandēms basikal tandem tandem tandemsykkel tandem bicicleta de dois lugares tandem тандем tandem dvosedežno kolo bicikl za dvoje tandemcykel รถม้าสองล้อซึ่งใช้ม้าสองตัวลากเรียงตามยาว iki kişilik bisiklet 雙人自行車 тандем لمبي سائيکل جس ميں دو پہيے آگے پيچھے لگے ہوں xe đạp đôi 自行
adv
(usually of two people on a tandem) one behind the other They rode tandem. tandem واحِدٌ خَلْف الآخَر тандем v tandemu tandem hintereinander πίσω από ο ένας τον άλλο en tándem, uno detrás del otro paaris, teineteise järel پشت سر هم peräkkäin en tandem זֶה מְאָחרֵי זֶה आगे-पीछे dvojac tandemben berdua hver á eftir öðrum in tandem 縦に並んで 앞뒤로 나란히 tandemu tandēmā; viens aiz otra bersama-sama op een tandem etter hverandre w/na tandemie um atrás do outro în tan­dem цугом v tandeme tandemski udvoje tandem เรียงตามกัน art arda 一前一後地 цугом, низкою ايک دوسے کے پيچھے đi 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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