Definition of "embed"
verb:
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To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
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To include in surrounding matter.
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To encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as in embedded system).
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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.
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noun:
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Short for embedded reporter/journalist, a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit.
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