shipboard system

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   a system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship

   Broadernaval equipmentsystem

   Narroweranti-submarine rocketbasic point defense missile systemnaval tactical data systemship-towed long-range acoustic detection systemsurface-to-air missile systemtarget acquisition system

Questions about shipboard system

What does shipboard system mean?

shipboard system means "a system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship".

Is shipboard system a common word?

shipboard system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.