embedded
/ɛmˈbɛdɪd/ · verb
Meaning
- To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
- (by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
- To encapsulate within another document or data file.
- 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.
- Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
- Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.
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