Tandem

Tandem

Tandem is a Latin adverb meaning "at length" or "finally". In English, the term was originally used for two or more draft horses harnessed one behind another as opposed to side-by-side. By extension the term now refers to any team (of machines, animals or people) working together one behind another.

In English, tandem is often used as an adjective in "tandem seating", as in a two-seat aircraft where the two occupants sit one behind the other, or in "tandem bicycle", where the riders are seated similarly. Tandem is also used as a term for the wheels on a semi trailer to balance the weight of a load of freight. In the real estate world it describes items such as parking in lengthwise two-or-more-car garages, and in telephony, a Class 4 telephone switch which connects other switches.

"Tandem" can be used more vaguely to refer to any group of persons or objects working together, not necessarily in line. "In tandem", for example, in politics and business to describe joint plans and ventures. A tandem may also refer to Tandem language learning, a language learning method in which two partners of different mother tongues each help the other learn the foreign language. The word Tandem comes from the latin word tandem pronounced (tan-dem) meaning finally or at last.


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  • tandem — [ tɑ̃dɛm ] n. m. • 1816; mot angl., du lat. « enfin », pris au sens de « à la longue, en longueur » 1 ♦ Anciennt Cabriolet à deux chevaux en flèche. Attelage en tandem, en flèche. ♢ (1887) Techn. Cylindres en tandem, l un derrière l autre, en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • TanDEM-X — Typ: Erderkundungssatellit Land: Deutschland  Deutschland Behörde: DLR …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tándem — de dos ciclistas. Se denomina tándem (del latín, literalmente al fin) un tipo particular de bicicleta provista de más de un asiento y más de una pareja de pedales, pudiendo así ser movida por el pedaleo de más de una persona. En origen se… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tandem — (lateinisch für „endlich“; vermutlich führte die doppeldeutige englische Übersetzung dieses Wortes, „at length“ – „length“ bezeichnet auch die räumliche Länge –, zu deren wortwörtlicher Entsprechung „lengthwise“ „der Länge nach“)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tandem — TANDÉM, tandemuri, s.n. 1. Bicicletă pentru două persoane, cu două şei aşezate una în spatele celeilalte, acţionată de două perechi de pedale. 2. Cilindru compresor mecanic cu doi tăvălugi, egali ca mărime, ca formă şi ca greutate. 3. Sistem… …   Dicționar Român

  • Tandem — Sn Gefährt mit zwei hintereinanderliegenden Antriebsstellen erw. fach. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. tandem, dieses wohl aus l. tandem endlich, zuletzt, doch endlich einmal . Die Bedeutungsentwicklung ist nicht ganz klar. Es scheint sich …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • tandem — [tan′dəm] adv. [orig. punning use of L tandem, at length, finally < tam, so much (< IE * tam, acc. sing. fem. of pron. < base * to > THE) + dem, demonstrative particle] one behind another; in single file n. 1. a two wheeled carriage… …   English World dictionary

  • TanDEM-X (КА) — TanDEM X Заказчик DLR …   Википедия

  • tándem — sustantivo masculino 1. Bicicleta con dos o más asientos y juegos de pedales para dos o más personas: paseo en tándem, alquilar un tándem. 2. Tiro de dos caballos enganchados uno detrás de otro. 3. Equipo de dos personas o grupos: Los dos… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • tandem — s.m. [dal fr. tandem, ingl. tandem, dal lat. tandem infine , inteso in ingl. nel senso di in tutta la sua lunghezza ; poi voce del gergo studentesco che designava un tipo di carrozza leggera tirata da due cavalli uno davanti all altro]. 1. (trasp …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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