Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

Treintjesmodel

English translation:

tandem or \"in tandem\"

Added to glossary by orangeworld
Sep 8, 2009 16:57
14 yrs ago
Dutch term

Treintjesmodel

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Engineering: Industrial Packaging
This comes up in a packing line procedure. The products are packed in series of 25 and sorted:

 methode van sorteren (z.g. treintjesmodel)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 tandem or "in tandem"

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tandem or "in tandem"

This refers to processes also: 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.


See Wikipedia.
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agree Dr Lofthouse
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