: 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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External vacuum sealers tend to be smaller and more easily storable, and some offer onboard bag roll storage and bag cutters for all-in-one simplicity.
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2025
Guests booking the entire 188-night cruise will receive an $8,500 onboard credit, unlimited laundry service, complimentary onboard medical consultations, free Wi-Fi, and a premium beverage package.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
Resilience itself will also take onboard lessons from ispace's first lunar landing attempt, which crashed into the moon in April 2023, due to an onboard altitude sensor being confused by the rim of a crater
The company is also building a larger lander, named Apex 1.0.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The safety inspection was conducted after a Jeju Air passenger plane crashed at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, killing 179 of the 181 people onboard.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2025
Guests booking the entire 188-night cruise will receive an $8,500 onboard credit, unlimited laundry service, complimentary onboard medical consultations, free Wi-Fi, and a premium beverage package.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
Resilience itself will also take onboard lessons from ispace's first lunar landing attempt, which crashed into the moon in April 2023, due to an onboard altitude sensor being confused by the rim of a crater
The company is also building a larger lander, named Apex 1.0.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The safety inspection was conducted after a Jeju Air passenger plane crashed at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, killing 179 of the 181 people onboard.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Onboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onboard. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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