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Definitions: Tandem |
TandemAdverb1. One behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem". Noun1. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tandem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | A telephone switching arrangement in which the trunk from the calling switch is connected to a destination switch's trunk through an intermediate switch. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A double-axle drive unit for a truck or grader. A bogie. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | TANDEM. A two-wheeled chaise, buggy, or noddy, drawn by two horses, one before the other: that is, AT LENGTH. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TACL | English | Tandem advanced command language | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TandemSynonyms: bicycle-built-for-two (n), tandem bicycle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Length | Adverb: lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along; tandem; in a line; (continuously); in perspective. |
Vehicle | Dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem; shandredhan, char-a-bancs. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | In Tandem (1974) Tandem mit Kettmann (1973) The Dude's Experience with a Girl on a Tandem (1898) Tandem Hurdle Jumping (1897) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Each dray, or better, each ladder, was drawn by four horses tandem. |
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Health | A tandem scanning confocal microscope will be used to image the stromal keratocytes in these conditions and determine their number. (references) | |
The three main laboratory methods used for population-based screening of newborns for PKU in the United States are the Guthrie Bacterial Inhibition Assay (BIA), fluorometric analysis, and tandem mass spectrometry. (references) | ||
Evaluation and analyses are necessary to measure the clinical utility, validation, and cost effectiveness of the use of tandem mass spectrometry for screening PKU. This evaluation should include awareness of broader issues of its application to neonatal screening for a variety of genetic disorders. (references) | ||
Business | According to the IACEE, Singapore's energy needs have grown in tandem with its economic growth. (references) | |
For this reason computer security is now a huge industry and is growing in tandem with the flourishing e-commerce activity. (references) | ||
Officials realize that in tandem with rapid industrial growth, China will need foreign assistance to solve its water pollution problems. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Police rarely interfere with ruling party processions on such occasions; police and ruling party activists often work in tandem to disrupt and to discourage opposition processions. (references) |
Economic History | Syria | Low interest rates and poor banking services work in tandem to limit in-country deposits. (references) |
Vietnam | The country's slow-paced reform has hindered Vietnam from progressing in tandem with regional competitors. (references) | |
Political Economy | OMAN | Oman's record on intellectual property protection has improved dramatically in recent years, in tandem with its now successful efforts to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO). (references) |
Travel | Eq. Guinea | EGA and the other private carrier operate in cooperative tandem, serving Malabo and Bata, with weekly flights to Douala and to Libreville. (references) |
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Tom Brokaw | Well, I think it was a triumph for the White House and for the political strategist, Karl Rove, in tandem with President George W. Bush. |
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| "Tandem" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.79% of the time. "Tandem" is used about 231 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.79% | 182 | 22,870 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.42% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.93% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 231 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Tandem Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "tandem": cascade tandem or concatenated ♦ in tandem ♦ tandem advanced command language ♦ tandem Application Language ♦ tandem bicycle ♦ Tandem cart ♦ tandem Computers ♦ tandem connection ♦ tandem control ♦ Tandem engine ♦ tandem or concatenated ♦ tandem or concatenation ♦ Tandem Repeat Sequences ♦ Tandem system ♦ tandem tests ♦ tandem trailer ♦ tandem tricycle ♦ tandem trunks ♦ tandem wheels ♦ variable number of tandem repeats locus ♦ variable number tandem repeats. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "tandem": Dec-hp-unisys-tandem. | |
Containing "tandem": dual-tandem wheel undercarriage. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tandem bicycle | 307 |
tandem | 233 |
tandem bike | 184 |
tandem stroller | 109 |
tandem sky diving | 94 |
tandem kayak | 48 |
care health tandem | 35 |
tandem computer | 22 |
diving line oregon sky static tandem | 20 |
tandem trailer | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tandem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në varg, kuaj të mbrehur dy-nga-dy. (various references) | |
Arabic | مركبة يجرها جوادان, وصل في آن واحد, واحد بعد الأخر, ترادفيا, ترادفي, جعله مترادفا, الدراجة الترادفية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тандем, велосипед за двама (sociable). (various references) | |
Chinese | 纵'. (various references) | |
Czech | tandemové kolo, tandem (pillion), jeden za druhým. (various references) | |
Danish | transit (transit), tandem, anbragt efter hinanden. (various references) | |
Dutch | transiet, tandemuitvoering, tandem, kaskade (cascade), dubbelwerkend. (various references) | |
Farsi | قطار (Rank, Row, String, Train), جفت (Couple, Double, Geminate, Jugate, Match, Mate, Pair, Peer, Team, Twin), دواسبه , درشکه یادوچرخه دونفری . (various references) | |
Finnish | tandem, solmukeskus (urban center, urban centre), rinnakkaiskeskus, peräkkäin asennettu. (various references) | |
French | tandem, en tandem. (various references) | |
German | tandem. (various references) | |
Greek | διπλό ποδήλατο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ז" אחר ז" (one after another), "ו אופ ים, בשור" עורפית (in single file). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tandemben (tandemwise), tandem (tandem bicycle). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dua-dua. (various references) | |
Italian | tandem (duo, stench). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | タングステン鋼 (passenger on a motorcycle, stewed tongue, tandem bicycle sprint, Tandoori chicken, tangent, tantalum, Tanzania, tender, tungsten steel). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | タンデ (passenger on a motorcycle). (various references) | |
Manx | tandym, lurg y cheilley. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andemtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tandem. (various references) | |
Romanian | trãsurã cu doi cai înhãmaţi, tandem (tandem bicycle). (various references) | |
Russian | соединенный (amalgamated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, connected, coupled, incorporate, jnt joint, linked), тандем. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tandem, u tandemu, jedan iza drugog. (various references) | |
Spanish | tándem, en tándem. (various references) | |
Swedish | tandem. (various references) | |
Thai | เรียงตามกัน, รถม้าสองล้อซึ่งใช้ม้าสองตัวลากเรียงตามยาว, ม้าสองตัวซึ่งผูกเรียงตามยาว. (various references) | |
Turkish | tandem, peşpeşe sıralı, iki kişilik bisiklet, birbiri ardına koşulu olarak, atların birbiri ardına koşulduğu araba, art arda dizili. (various references) | |
Ukranian | упряжка цугом, розташування низкою, цугом, тандем, послідовно розташований. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xe hai ngựa thắng con trước con sau xe tăngđem, xe đạp hai người đạp. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 1, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Pantote epi twn proseucwn mou deomenoV eipwV hdh pote euodwqhsomai en tw qelhmati tou qeou elqein proV umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Semper in orationibus meis obsecrans si quo modo tandem aliquando prosperum iter habeam in voluntate Dei veniendi ad vos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | On minum gebedum on eallum tidum; and ic me gebidde þæt nu æt ende þurh God se weg mæg beon open þæt ic be eow neosan mæg. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That with outen ceessyng Y make mynde of you euere in my preieris, and biseche, if in ony maner sum tyme Y haue a spedi weie in the wille of God to come to you. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Besechinge that at one tyme or another a prosperous iorney (by ye will of god) myght fortune me to come vnto you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Making request (if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God) to come to you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 1, Verse 10 |
| Bulgarian | И желая, братя, да знаете, че много пъти се канех да дойда при вас, за да имам някой плод и между вас както между другите народи; но досега съм бил възпиран. |
| Cebuano | sa pagpangamuyo nga pinaagi sa kabubut-on sa Dios, sa bisan unsang higayona, sa katapusan mahinayon na unta ako sa pag-anha diha kaninyo. |
| Chinese | 在 禱 告 之 " 、 常 常 懇 求 、 或 者 照 神 的 旨 意 、 終 能 得 平 坦 的 " 路 往 們 那 裡 去 。 |
| Croatian | u svojim molitvama neprekidno spominjem i uvijek molim ne bi li mi se veæ jednom s voljom Božjom nekako posreæilo doæi k vama. |
| Danish | idet jeg bestandig i mine Bønner beder om, at jeg dog endelig engang måtte få Lykke til Ved Guds Villie at komme til eder. |
| Dutch | Allen tijd in mijn gebeden biddende, of mogelijk mij nog te eniger tijd goede gelegenheid gegeven wierd, door den wil van God, om tot ulieden te komen. |
| Finnish | aina rukouksissani anoen, että minä jo vihdoinkin, jos Jumala tahtoo, pääsisin tulemaan teidän tykönne. |
| French | demandant continuellement dans mes prières d`avoir enfin, par sa volonté, le bonheur d`aller vers vous. |
| German | und allezeit in meinem Gebet flehe, ob sich's einmal zutragen wollte, daß ich zu euch käme durch Gottes Willen. |
| Haitian Creole | se san rete m'ap lapriyè pou nou; m'ap mande Bondye pou l' kite mwen vin vizite nou yon lè konsa, si se volonte li. |
| Hungarian | Imádkozásaimban mindenkor könyörögvén, vajha egyszer már jó szerencsés út adódnék nékem Istennek akaratából, hogy hozzátok mehessek; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya mohon dengan sangat kepada Allah, semoga Ia mau mengizinkan saya sekarang mengunjungi kalian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | senantiasa di dalam doaku, memohonkan dengan jalan bagaimanapun jikalau ada bahagiaku, dengan kehendak Allah, datang berjumpa dengan kamu. |
| Italian | chiedendo sempre nelle mie preghiere che per volont di Dio mi si apra una strada per venire fino a voi. |
| Korean | 어 하 " 지 이 하 나 님 의 뜻 안 에 서 너 희 에 게 로 나 아 갈 좋 은 길 얻 기 를 구 하 노 라 |
| Latvian | Savâs lûgðanâs, pastâvîgi lûgdams, lai man saskaòâ ar Dieva prâtu kâdreiz kaut kâ paðíirtos ceïð aiziet pie jums. |
| Maori | E inoi ana me kore e pai te Atua kia whakatikaia taku haere atu ki a koutou. |
| Modern Greek | δεομενος παντοτε εν ταις προσευχαις μου να αξιωθω ηδη ποτε δια του θεληματος του Θεου να ελθω προς εσας. |
| Norwegian | idet jeg alltid i mine bønner beder om at jeg dog endelig engang ved Guds vilje må få lykke til å komme til eder. |
| Portuguese | pedindo sempre em minhas orações que, afinal, pela vontade de Deus, se me ofereça boa ocasião para ir ter convosco. |
| Rumanian | wi cer totdeauna ca, prin voia lui Dumnezeu, sq am knsfkrwit fericirea sq vin la voi. |
| Russian | ЧУЕЗ"Б ТПУС Ч НПМЙФЧБИ НПЙИ, ЮФП'Щ ЧПМС вПЦЙС ЛПЗ"Б-ОЙ'Х"Ш 'МБЗП ПУ ЕЫЙМБ НОЕ ТЙ"ФЙ Л ЧБН, |
| Shuar | Ashí tsawant ni wakerutakuinkia iitjarum tusan Yúsan seajai. |
| Spanish | rogando que, si de alguna manera por la voluntad de Dios, por fin yo sea bien encaminado para ir a vosotros. |
| Swahili | daima katika sala zangu. Namwomba Mungu akipenda, anipatie nafasi nzuri ya kuja kwenu sasa. |
| Swedish | och i mina böner alltid beder att jag dock nu omsider må få ett gynnsamt tillfälle att komma till eder, om Gud så vill. |
| Thai | ข้าพเจ้าทูลขอว่า ถ้าเป็นที่พอพระทัยพระเจ้าแล้วให้ข้าพเจ้าไ"้มีโอกาสไปเยี่ยมท่านทั้งหลาย โ"ยอย่างหนึ่งอย่างใ"ในที่สุ"นี้ |
| Ukrainian | і в молитвах своїх завжди молюся, щоб воля Божа щасливо попровадила мене коли прийти до вас. |
| Uma | Kuposampayai oa' -koi ompi' pai' kuperapi' mpu'u hi Alata'ala bona ane da ma'aa-ala napalogai-a tilou mpencuai' -koi, ane napokono Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tandem": tandems. (additional references) | |
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"Tandem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Andeme, Atengdem, randem, standen, taden, tandam, tande, tandec, tanded, tandev, tandic, tandom, tandum, taned, tanid, tante, Tanzen, tendem, tenden, tindec, tindev, Tjaden, todem, Tzaneen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tandem" (pronounced ta"ndum) |
| 5 | -a" n d u m | memorandum, random. |
| 4 | -n d u m | condom, corundum, referendum. |
| 3 | -d u m | addendum, boredom, chiefdom, dukedom, earldom, fiefdom, freedom, kingdom, macadam, madam, Madame, martyrdom, modem, officialdom, Sedum, seldom, sheikdom, Sodom, stardom, subkingdom, wisdom. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-m-n-t" | |
-1 letter: admen, amend, ament, anted, maned, mated, meant, menad, menta, named, tamed. | |
-2 letters: amen, ante, dame, damn, date, dean, dent, etna, made, mane, mate, mead, mean, meat, mend, meta, name, neat, nema, tame, team, tend. | |
-3 letters: and, ane, ant, ate, dam, den, eat, end, eta, mad, mae, man, mat, med, men, met, nae, nam, net, tad, tae, tam, tan, tea, ted, ten. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, am, an, at, de, ed, em, en, et, ma, me, na, ne, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: mandate, mantled, mediant, tandems, unmated, untamed. | |
+2 letters: amounted, animated, anthemed, damndest, dementia, diamante, dominate, dynamite, emanated, emendate, lamented, mandated, mandates, mediants, methadon, montaged, nematode, tamponed, undreamt, unmatted. | |
+3 letters: adenomata, adornment, alimented, almandite, amendment, amnestied, augmented, damndests, damnedest, deaminate, deathsman, deathsmen, debarment, demandant, demantoid, demasting, demential, dementias, dentalium, diamantes, dismantle, dominated, dominates, draftsmen, dynamited, dynamiter, dynamites, emendated, emendates, fundament, garmented, geminated, hardiment, impainted, implanted, intimated, laminated, magnitude, margented, marinated, mediating, mediation, mendacity, mendicant, methadone, methadons, misatoned, montadale, mordanted, nematodes, nominated, numerated, outmanned, ruminated, smartened, tradesman, tradesmen, unmatched. | |
+4 letters: abominated, abridgment, adamantine, adjustment, administer, admittance, adornments, advisement, almandites, amantadine, ambitioned, amendatory, amendments, ammoniated, anatomised, anatomized, animadvert, animatedly, antimodern, antimonide, bandmaster, bombinated, brominated, criminated, culminated, damnedests, deaminated, deaminates, debarments, debasement, debatement, decampment, decimating, decimation, defacement, defamation, delaminate, demandants, demantoids, denominate, dentaliums, department, derailment, dermatogen, detachment, detainment, disbarment, dismantled, dismantles, documental, dominative, downstream, dynamiters, eliminated, emendating, emendation, endearment, endometria, entodermal, enumerated, fragmented, fulminated, fundaments, germinated, handsomest, hardiments, heathendom, intermodal, intimidate, judgmental, lamentedly, machinated, magnetised, magnetized, magnitudes, maintained, manifested, mansuetude, manumitted, marginated, mastermind, mediastina, mediations, medicament, medicating, medication, meditating, meditation, mendicants, merchanted, methadones, mispainted, misplanted, mistrained, moderating, moderation, montadales, motherland, multipaned, myelinated, nematicide, nematocide, ordainment, ornamented, pantomimed, pedimental, reanimated, rudimental, stampeding, submediant, terminated, timberland, transmuted, unadmitted, unlamented, unmediated. | |
+5 letters: abandonment, abridgement, abridgments, adenomatous, adjournment, adjustments, administers, admittances, advancement, adventurism, advisements, amantadines, anastomosed, animadverts, antependium, antheridium, antimoderns, antimonides, bandmasters, barnstormed, bombardment, calumniated, cinematized, commandment, commentated, compensated, condimental, consummated, countermand, deaminating, deamination, debasements, debatements, decampments, decimations, declamation, decremental, defacements, defamations, deformation, delaminated, delaminates, demagnetize, demarcating, demarcation, demonstrate, demountable, denominated, denominates, denominator, departments, depravement, derailments, derangement, dermatogens, detachments, detainments, determinacy, determinant, determinate, detrainment, detrimental, diamagnetic, disablement, disarmament, disbandment, disbarments, disseminate, documentary, draughtsmen, drumbeating, dynamometer, dynamometry, edutainment, emancipated, embryonated, emendations, endearments, endometrial, ethionamide, eudaemonist, fundamental, gangsterdom, gonadectomy, grandmaster, grandmother, heathendoms, illuminated, impedimenta, impregnated, indomitable, inseminated, intimidated, intimidates, intradermal, maidservant, maledicting, malediction, mandarinate, mandataries, mandatories, mandibulate, manifestoed, manipulated, mansuetudes, masterminds, mastheading, mediastinal, mediastinum, mediational, medicaments, medications, meditations, mendacities, menstruated, mentholated, moderations, motherlands, multimanned, mundanities, nematicidal, nematicides, nematocidal, nematocides, ordainments, outdreaming, pentamidine, predicament, predominant, predominate, readmitting, reimplanted, remediating, remediation, remunerated, renominated, rodomontade, rudimentary, sedimentary, somatomedin, streamlined, submediants, timberlands, traducement, transdermal, transformed, transmitted, ultramodern, unamortized, unautomated, unmedicated, unmitigated, unmotivated, untrammeled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6E 64 65 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -. -.. . -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a n d e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006E 0064 0065 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)546780707179 |
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