ALL meanings of embedding
- noun Technical meaning of embedding 1. (mathematics) One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) (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). 1
- noun embedding (mathematics) A map which maps a subspace (smaller structure) to the whole space (larger structure). 1
- verb embedding present participle of embed. 0
- noun embedding the practice of assigning a journalist or being assigned to accompany an active military unit 0