tandem-compound

[ tan-duhm-kom-pound ]

adjective

1. (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.

Example Sentences

The engine is built either with a simple cylinder or with a tandem compound cylinder.

From Project Gutenberg

The engine shown in Fig. 46 is of a type known as the tandem compound.

From Project Gutenberg

They are of the multiple expansion parallel flow type, consisting of two turbines arranged tandem compound.

From Project Gutenberg