How to Use inboard in a Sentence

inboard

noun
  • Drill and screw the snap studs onto the inboard side of the gunwale.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
  • This time, however, the twin set of spring-damper units are mounted some ten inches inboard of the rear wheels.
    Giancarlo Perini, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The 747 has inboard and outboard trailing edge flaps that consist of three panels.
    John Cox, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2017
  • It’s meant to take up zero space on a bar, or just about that little, and is ideally placed just inboard of a flat-bar grip.
    Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Unique boats such as inboards, outboards, rowboats and canoes will be there as well.
    Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities, 21 June 2019
  • Other models will have shocks in the more common position inboard of the frame.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022
  • Raise your inboard hand, and an image is projected on your palm.
    Abigail Bassett, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The dual inboard electric motors are located at the front and rear axles.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 June 2022
  • The rotors are mounted inboard, and the master cylinder has dual reservoirs.
    Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2020
  • As with the inboard model, the 43wallytender X offers a modular aft deck finished in luxe teak, which can be custom configured.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 May 2021
  • The sporty design is available with either inboard or outboard diesel engines.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The unequal-length control arm suspension features inboard torsion bar dampers, using pushrods up front and pullrods at the back.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Tuesday's spacewalk was devoted to installing support brackets on the right-side inboard solar wing at the base of the power channel 3A wing.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Or, more precisely, how to propel one. Instead of an outboard motor with a propeller, the 210 uses twin inboards with jet drives.
    Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2018
  • Moving the driver inboard also creates a larger buffer between the driver and a front wheel during a small-overlap crash.
    Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 20 Feb. 2018
  • As Hunter desperately tried to hold the plane level to belly land, its right inboard engine exploded.
    oregonlive, 24 May 2020
  • Aprilia has also taken a few lessons from its MotoGP program and fitted the same inboard winglets to the side bodywork, which serve more to direct engine heat away from the rider than increase downforce.
    Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The carbon-ceramic brakes also are mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight.
    Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 20 Sep. 2017
  • At normal ride height, the GT sits on a sophisticated inboard suspension with spring-and-damper sets, an arrangement typical of race cars.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 July 2017
  • Holding up the car’s slender nose, the pushrod/inboard-coilover suspension and double wishbones do their kinematic thing practically at arm’s reach.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
  • In addition to the aforementioned two-speed transaxles, each axle also gets a locking differential, and the powertrain features inboard brakes and portal hub gears.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Residents of 152 lakeside houses are allowed to use watercraft, and inboard but not outboard motors.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Critically, the inboard portion of the half-shaft (closest to the differential) could flex, allowing the rear wheels to articulate at extreme angles when the rear-suspension was under load.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Photo: Jaguar The Zero resto-mod process retains the original double-wishbone front suspension, unassisted rack-and-pinion steering, and hydraulic disc brakes, including the rear inboard brakes.
    WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
  • The new multilink setup also consumes less inboard packaging space where the links attach, a crucial attribute that allows for the fitment of a transverse electric motor in a full battery-electric (BEV) version.
    Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The suspension incorporates double wishbones with inboard torsion bar dampening, while braking is provided by a set of six-piston monobloc aluminum calipers and carbon brake discs and pads.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • That suspension facilitates 13 inches of wheel travel for all four wheels, using control arms bolted much further inboard than is possible with ICE power trains.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Other technical features include front and rear double-wishbone suspension, an inboard torsion bar and a McLaren and Penske-manufactured damper system.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Inboard: Soquel, three openings, including community marketing manager.
    Jondi Gumz, The Mercury News, 9 June 2017
  • Drill and screw the snap studs onto the inboard side of the gunwale.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021

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