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adverb
1.
one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem.
adjective
2.
having animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
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Tandem
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noun
Idiom3.
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
5.
tandem trailer (def. 1).
6.
a team of horses harnessed one behind the other.
7.
EXPANDa two-wheeled carriage with a high driver's seat, drawn by two or more horses so harnessed.
8.
COLLAPSEany of various mechanisms having a tandem arrangement.
9.
in tandem,
a.
in single file: They swam in tandem.
b.
in association or partnership.
Origin:
1735–45; special use (orig. facetious) of Latin tandem at length, finally, equivalent to tam so far + -dem demonstrative suffix
1735–45; special use (orig. facetious) of Latin tandem at length, finally, equivalent to tam so far + -dem demonstrative suffix
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Word Origin & History
tandem
1785, "carriage pulled by horses harnessed one behind the other," punning use of L. tandem "at length (of time)," from tam "so" + demonstrative suffix -dem. Transferred by 1884 to bicycles with two seats.
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