TANDEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tandem mean? 

• TANDEM (noun)
  The noun TANDEM has 2 senses:

1. an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another

2. a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats

  Familiarity information: TANDEM used as a noun is rare.

• TANDEM (adverb)
  The adverb TANDEM has 1 sense:

1. one behind the other

  Familiarity information: TANDEM used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANDEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tandem" is a kind of...):

arrangement; placement (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bicycle-built-for-two; tandem; tandem bicycle

Hypernyms ("tandem" is a kind of...):

bicycle; bike; cycle; wheel (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)

• TANDEM (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One behind the other

Synonyms:

in tandem; tandem

Context example:

riding horses down the path in tandem

 Context examples 

Characterized by a tandem repeat of two bromodomains at the N-terminus, the BET proteins (BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT) are transcriptional regulators that play an important role during development and cellular growth.

(BET Inhibitor CPI-0610, NCI Thesaurus)

Characterized by a tandem repeat of bromodomain at the N-terminus, the BET proteins BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 are transcriptional regulators that play an important role in cellular growth.

(BET Bromodomains 2/3/4 Inhibitor OTX015, NCI Thesaurus)

Characterized by a tandem repeat of bromodomain at the N-terminus, BET proteins, comprising of BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT, are transcriptional regulators that play an important role during development and cellular growth.

(BET Inhibitor GSK525762, NCI Thesaurus)

Characterized by a tandem repeat of bromodomains at the N-terminus, BET proteins, comprised of BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT, are transcriptional regulators that play an important role during cellular development and growth.

(BET Inhibitor TEN-010, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human BARD1 Gene, nuclear BARD-1 Protein contains a RING zinc finger, three tandem ANK repeats, and two BRCT domains.

(BRCA1 Associated RING Domain Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Often arranged as tandem repeats in extracellular proteins, the function of the domains remains unclear, but are thought to perform a structural role.

(Epidermal Growth Factor Superfamily Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to containing 34 tandem cadherin-type repeats, the gene product has five epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeats and one laminin A-G domain.

(FAT Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

It contains two EF-hand calcium-binding domains, a calmodulin-binding site, and two tandem actin-binding domains.

(L-Plastin, NCI Thesaurus)

The MUC1 epitope is composed of two 20 amino glycosylated VNTR (various number tandem repeats) from human MUC1A and including 6 glycosylated sites modified by Tn (alfa-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine).

(Liposomal MUC1/PET-lipid A Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A PCR-based method for differentiating M. tuberculosis strains based on the number of tandem repeats of the Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit.

(Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit Typing, NCI Thesaurus)