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tandem |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tandem \Tan"dem\, n. A tandem bicycle or other vehicle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tandem \Tan"dem\, adv & a. [L. tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.] One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tandem \Tan"dem\, n. A team of horses harnessed one before the other ``He drove tandems.'' --Thackeray. {Tandem engine}, a compound steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another. {Tandem bicycle} or {tricycle}, one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tandem n : with two sets of pedals and two seats [syn: {bicycle-built-for-two}] adv : one behind the other "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"
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