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Definition of Tandem

1. Adverb. One behind the other. "Riding horses down the path in tandem"

2. Noun. An arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another.

3. Noun. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.

Definition of Tandem

1. adv. & a. One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

2. n. A team of horses harnessed one before the other.

3. n. A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.

Definition of Tandem

1. Noun. A bicycle with two seats, two sets of pedals, and two wheels; a bicycle-built-for-two. ¹

2. Noun. An arrangement of two or more objects arranged one behind the other. ¹

3. Adverb. One behind the other. ¹

4. Adjective. Together; working as one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tandem

1. a bicycle built for two [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tandem

1. Term used to describe multiple copies of the same sequence in a polynucleic acid that lie adjacent to one another. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tandem

tanaiste tanaistes tanalize tanalized tanalizing tanas tanate tanbark tanbark oak tanbarks

tanbur tanburs tancoite tanda tandas tandem (current term) tandem bicycle tandem gait tandem repeat tandem repeat sequence

tandem repeat sequences tandem trailer tandemly tandems tandemwise tandoor tandoori tandooris tandoors tandospirone

Literary usage of Tandem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Riding and Driving for Women by Belle Beach (1912)
"CHAPTER XIII FOUR-IN-HAND AND tandem DRIVING AS this book is limited in its scope to riding and -^ *. driving for women, I shall not attempt to discuss ..."

2. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"—tandem fit Surculus Arbor. THE fever of the past two years was followed by comparative languor. The deadly crisis was past, the freedom of Europe was saved ..."

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