Embedding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embed \Em*bed"\ ([e^]m*b[e^]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embedded};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Embedding}.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. {Imbed}.]
     To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as,
     to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embed
       v : fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the
           back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in
           the gum" [syn: {implant}, {engraft}, {imbed}, {plant}]
       [also: {embedding}, {embedded}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embedding
       See {embed}

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  embedding
       
          1.  One instance of some mathematical object
          contained with in another instance, e.g. a {group} which is a
          subgroup.
       
          2.  ({domain theory}) A {complete partial order} F in
          [X -> Y] is an embedding if
       
          (1) For all x1, x2 in X, x1 <= x2  <=>  F x1 <= F x2 and
       
          (2) For all y in Y, {x | F x <= y} is {directed}.
       
          ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}).
       
          (1995-03-27)