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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Embed \Em*bed"\ ([e^]m*b[e^]d"), verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
embed
verb: 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
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