Thesaurus: tandem

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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. an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
4. n. a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
5. adv. one behind the other
6. One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast. 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.
7. One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed anddriven one before another, instead of abreast.
8. n:100 n. an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another r. one behind the other