: carried within or occurring aboard a vehicle (such as a satellite or an automobile)
an onboard computer
onboard recorders
Examples of onboard in a Sentence
The car comes with an onboard computer.
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Each course is paired with wines and champagnes chosen by an onboard sommelier.
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Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Alternatively, the speaker can also be powered using an AC cable, which also charges the onboard battery.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Passenger video footage from the Carnival Panorama appears to show broken dishes in the dining room, items strewn on the floor in an onboard shop and water spilling from an elevator, amid lightning strikes outside.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
To further enhance the driving experience, the suspension stiffness is automatically adjusted using real-time data from onboard cameras and lidar sensors, allowing the system to anticipate and adapt to upcoming road obstacles.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Alternatively, the speaker can also be powered using an AC cable, which also charges the onboard battery.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Passenger video footage from the Carnival Panorama appears to show broken dishes in the dining room, items strewn on the floor in an onboard shop and water spilling from an elevator, amid lightning strikes outside.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
To further enhance the driving experience, the suspension stiffness is automatically adjusted using real-time data from onboard cameras and lidar sensors, allowing the system to anticipate and adapt to upcoming road obstacles.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Onboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onboard. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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