tandem : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tandem	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for tandem
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tandem adv one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" Synonym(s): tandem, in tandem n an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats Synonym(s): bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle, tandem
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. [bd]He drove tandems.[b8] --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.