tandem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
  2. noun a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
    bicycle-built-for-two; tandem bicycle.
  3. adverb one behind the other
    in tandem.
    • ride tandem on a bicycle built for two
    • riding horses down the path in tandem

WordNet

Tan"dem adverb & adjective
Etymology
L. tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.
Definitions
  1. One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.
Tan"dem noun
Definitions
  1. A team of horses harnessed one before the other. "He drove tandems." Thackeray.

Webster 1913