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A tandemplex can have smaller sidesystems or subsystems, the only prerequisite for using this label is that they don't have a single main subsystem or sidesystem, and instead have more than one that serve that function. | A tandemplex can have smaller sidesystems or subsystems, the only prerequisite for using this label is that they don't have a single main subsystem or sidesystem, and instead have more than one that serve that function. | ||
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A tandemplex is named after a tandem bicycle, two riders who both have an equal role in pedalling. | A tandemplex is named after a tandem bicycle, two riders who both have an equal role in pedalling. |
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Applies to | systems |
Coiner | The-Starling-Bureau |
A tandemplex is a system with no 'main' subsystem or sidesystem. A tandemplex instead has two or more sub/sidesystems that feel roughly equal to each other in population, rank, headspace size, etc.
A tandemplex can have smaller sidesystems or subsystems, the only prerequisite for using this label is that they don't have a single main subsystem or sidesystem, and instead have more than one that serve that function.
Etymology
A tandemplex is named after a tandem bicycle, two riders who both have an equal role in pedalling.