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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.]

tandem tan'dem adv.

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WordNet: tandem
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
  Synonyms: bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle

The adverb tandem has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one behind the other

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For other uses, see Tandem (disambiguation).
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Ponies driving in tandem

Tandem is a Latin adverb meaning "at length" or "finally."[1] In English, the term was originally used for two or more draft horses harnessed one behind another as opposed to side-by-side. By extension the term now refers to any team (of machines, animals or people) working together one behind another.[2]

In English, tandem is often used as an adjective in "tandem seating," as in a two-seat aircraft where the two occupants sit one behind the other, or in "tandem bicycle," where the riders are seated similarly. Tandem is also used as a term for the wheels on a semi trailer to balance the weight of a load of freight. In the real estate world it describes items such as parking in lengthwise two-or-more-car garages, and in telephony, a Class 4 telephone switch which connects other switches.[2]

"Tandem" can be used more vaguely to refer to any group of persons or objects working together, not necessarily in line.[2] "In tandem", for example, in politics and business to describe joint plans and ventures. A tandem may also refer to Tandem language learning, a language learning method in which two partners of different mother tongues each help the other learn the foreign language.

References

  1. ^ "Tandem". Wordinfo.com. http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2083. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 
  2. ^ a b c "Tandem". Oxford English Dictionary. http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50246698?query_type=word&queryword=tandem&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=dR7W-EfK3Sc-14488&hilite=50246698. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 

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Translations: Tandem
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tandem, tandemcykel, tandemforspand
adv. - i tandem

Nederlands (Dutch)
tandem, achter elkaar

Français (French)
n. - tandem
adv. - en tandem
adj. - en tandem

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tandem
adj. - hintereinander
adv. - hintereinander

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δίδυμο ποδήλατο
adj., -
adv. - εφ' ενός ζυγού

Italiano (Italian)
tandem, in fila indiana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carruagem (f) puxada por dois cavalos, bicicleta (f) de dois assentos
adj. - arranjado ou arreado um atrás do outro
adv. - com um atrás do outro

Русский (Russian)
парный велосипед, упряжка цугом, гуськом, цугом

Español (Spanish)
n. - tándem, carruaje tirado por caballos enganchados uno tras otro, juego de cosas o partes puestas una tras otra
adv. - en fila, en tándem, uno tras otro
adj. - en fila, en tándem, colocados uno tras otro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tandem, tandemcykel (vagn etc.)
adj. - tandem
adv. - i tandem

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
两匹马拉的双轮马车, 双座脚踏车, 一前一后地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 兩匹馬拉的雙輪馬車, 雙座腳踏車
adv. - 一前一後地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 세로로 나란히 맨 말
adv. - 앞뒤로 연결되어

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 縦に一列に並んで, 縦に並んで
adj. - 縦に並んだ, 縦に連結した
n. - 複軸式のトラック, タンデム機関

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مركبه يجرها جوادان أحدهما أمام ألأخر, ألتندم (صفه) دراجه ذات مقعدين أحدهما خلف ألأخر, ألدراجه ألترادفيه (ظرف) ترادفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אופניים דו-מושביים‬
adv. - ‮זה מאחורי זה‬

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