From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tandem \Tan"dem\, adverb & a. [L. tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.] One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. A team of horses harnessed one before the other. ''He drove tandems.'' --Thackeray.
2. A tandem bicycle or other vehicle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Tandem bicycle} or {Tandem tricycle}, one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats [syn: {bicycle-built-for-two}, {tandem bicycle}]
adverb
1: one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "tandem": back to back, behind, behind the scenes, equipage, four-in-hand, in back of, in the background, in the rear, pair, randem, rig, span, spike, spike team, team, three-up, turnout, unicorn
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