SHIPBOARD SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shipboard system mean? 

• SHIPBOARD SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun SHIPBOARD SYSTEM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHIPBOARD SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIPBOARD SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shipboard system" is a kind of...):

naval equipment (equipment for a navy)

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shipboard system"):

anti-submarine rocket (a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines)

basic point defense missile system (a shipboard missile system)

naval tactical data system (a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data)

ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system (a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship)

surface-to-air missile system (the shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft)

target acquisition system (a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment)