tandem
Tandem (origin from the Latin tandem - in the long run, finally, finally, last. Middle Latin - lengthways , one after the other) stands for:
Means of transport:
- Bicycle with at least two seats arranged one behind the other, see tandem (bicycle)
- Tandem (cart) , a team drawn by two horses walking one behind the other
- Paraglider with two seats, see Biplace
- a possibility for two people to do a parachute or bungee jump at the same time, see tandem jump
- generally a vehicle with two drives or two motors mounted one behind the other
- a helicopter with a tandem configuration
- a vehicle or aircraft cockpit with two seats arranged one behind the other, see tandem seat
Science and technology:
- a particle accelerator that can accelerate ions twice with the same potential by reloading, see tandem accelerator
- in genetics, a repeating sequence motif in deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid, see tandem repetition
- the radar satellite TanDEM-X
- Tandem (space probe) , a planned space flight mission to the Saturn moons Titan and Enceladus
- a chemical reaction type, see tandem reaction
- a design feature in aircraft construction, see tandem wing
Companies:
- the computer manufacturer Tandem Computers (1974–1997)
- the tandem publishing house
- the Munich film production company Tandem Communications
Films:
- the original title of the feature film An Inseparable Team by Patrice Leconte from 1987
- Tandem (1991) , a television film of Bernhard Stephan from 1991
- Tandem (TV series) , French TV series
Others:
- a language learning method in which two partners with different mother tongues help each other to learn the respective foreign language, see Tandem (language learning method)
- Tandem (app)
- a chess variant, see tandem chess
- Tandem (hip-hop group) , a band
- a bike race that is carried out with bicycle tandems, see tandem race
- Coordination Center for German-Czech Youth Exchange Tandem
See also:
Wiktionary: Tandem - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
