Definition of "embed" in англійська

verb

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. (transitive, by extension) 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, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.

   • The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.

4. (mathematics, 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.

noun

1. One thing embedded within another, as: