| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tan·dem |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t n d m |
| NOUN: | 1. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses harnessed one before the other. 2. A team of carriage horses harnessed in single file. 3. A tandem bicycle. 4. An arrangement of two or more persons or objects placed one behind the other: driving horses in tandem. | | ADJECTIVE: | Having two identical components arranged one behind the other: a tandem axle. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, at last, at length. See to- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | tandem —ADJECTIVE
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