: carried within or occurring aboard a vehicle (such as a satellite or an automobile)
an onboard computer
onboard recorders
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The car comes with an onboard computer.
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The probe would follow its quarry, a comet called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, for two years as onboard instruments caught and analyzed the dust and gas streaming away from the comet.
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
When the boat was first abandoned, a kayak was onboard.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
The system has enough onboard memory for recording up to 30 hours of audio at 24-bit / 48kHz resolution, that’s 16GB of memory inside each clip-on wireless microphone which will turn on automatically if the signal between the microphones and receiver is interrupted.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The rate includes all lodging and most food (typically all onboard meals).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
When the boat was first abandoned, a kayak was onboard.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
The system has enough onboard memory for recording up to 30 hours of audio at 24-bit / 48kHz resolution, that’s 16GB of memory inside each clip-on wireless microphone which will turn on automatically if the signal between the microphones and receiver is interrupted.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The rate includes all lodging and most food (typically all onboard meals).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Onboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onboard. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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