n.
- A two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses harnessed one before the other.
- A team of carriage horses harnessed in single file.
- A tandem bicycle.
- An arrangement of two or more persons or objects placed one behind the other: driving horses in tandem.
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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