on board
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: aboard
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: in support of a particular objective
needed to get more senators on board for the bill to pass
: carried within or occurring aboard a vehicle (such as a satellite or an automobile)
an onboard computer
onboard recorders
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Adjective
The car comes with an onboard computer.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
The onboard disagreement escalated as other passengers also sought to use the underseat space reserved for the guide dog, raising questions about enforcing service animal rules on commercial flights.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
That positioning underpins much of the vessel’s design and operational thinking, from its flexible accommodations to the onboard programming.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
My favorite poster child for this is NASA’s in-development Power and Propulsion Element, which has a 60-kilowatt power system that its onboard propulsion system could use to push an 18,000-kilogram spacecraft to the moon using less than 3,000 kg of propellant.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
This leaves any onboard electronics — like cameras or sensors — free to run on much smaller, lighter power packs.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
The onboard disagreement escalated as other passengers also sought to use the underseat space reserved for the guide dog, raising questions about enforcing service animal rules on commercial flights.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
That positioning underpins much of the vessel’s design and operational thinking, from its flexible accommodations to the onboard programming.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
My favorite poster child for this is NASA’s in-development Power and Propulsion Element, which has a 60-kilowatt power system that its onboard propulsion system could use to push an 18,000-kilogram spacecraft to the moon using less than 3,000 kg of propellant.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
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“On board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20board. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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