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Word: embed (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • by extension To include in surrounding matter.
  • computing To encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as in embedded system).
  • transitive To define a properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
  • To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

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