embeds

Verb

embed (third-person singular simple present embeds, present participle embedding, simple past and past participle embedded)

1. (transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
   • to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand
2. (broadly, transitive) To include (something) in surrounding matter.
   • We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.
3. (transitive) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
   • The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.
4. (transitive) 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.
   • The torus S¹#92;timesS¹ can be embedded in #92;mathbb#123;R#125;³.

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