: 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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Electric vehicles from General Motors make for a notable holdout, for example, since GM only wants to use Google Built-In to better incorporate onboard charge and range data into navigation features.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
McKellar's life jacket, clothes and phone — which had no charge — were found inside the boat, but no one was onboard.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 14 May 2025
Hauling assist is provided by a 750-W motor mounted in the middle of the rear triangles, which peaks at 1,400 watts – with a responsive torque sensor onboard to help with a smooth take-off.
—Paul Ridden
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
As the spacecraft arrives at Mars, the onboard propulsion system fires to provide the force necessary to capture the spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit around Mars.
—Piyush Mehta, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
McKellar's life jacket, clothes and phone — which had no charge — were found inside the boat, but no one was onboard.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 14 May 2025
Hauling assist is provided by a 750-W motor mounted in the middle of the rear triangles, which peaks at 1,400 watts – with a responsive torque sensor onboard to help with a smooth take-off.
—Paul Ridden
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
As the spacecraft arrives at Mars, the onboard propulsion system fires to provide the force necessary to capture the spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit around Mars.
—Piyush Mehta, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for onboard
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“Onboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onboard. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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