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Embedding

To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

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📖 Definitions of "Embedding"

verb

1
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
"to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand"
2
(by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
"We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it."
3
To encapsulate within another document or data file.
"The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document."
4
To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

noun

1
The act or process by which one thing is embedded in another.
2
A map which maps a subspace (smaller structure) to the whole space (larger structure).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Embedding"

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Word	Definition
integrated	composed and coordinated to form a whole
enclosed	Contained; held within a container.
packagingnoun	The materials used to pack something.
inlaynoun	(also figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
packingnoun	The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
consolidationnoun	The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
integrating	That integrates.
integrateverb	(transitive) To include as a constituent part or functionality.
entrenchmentnoun	The process of entrenching or something which entrenches
integrationnoun	The act or process of making whole or entire.
incorporateverb	(transitive) To include (something) as a part.
inclusionnoun	(uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
conditioningnoun	The process of modifying a person or animal's behaviour.
fitnessnoun	The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
mainstreamingnoun	(education, chiefly US) The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
mainstreamnoun	Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
incorporationnoun	The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
insertingnoun	Something inserted or set in, such as lace in garments.
anchoragenoun	(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
homeomorphic	Having a homeomorphism