Definizione monolingua

embed

embed (third-person singular simple present embeds, present participle embedding, simple past and past participle embedded)

1. To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
   • 1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:

     I have given my reasons for believing that … ; and that blank intervals of vast duration, as far as fossils are concerned, occurred during the periods when the bed of the sea was either stationary or rising, and likewise when sediment was not thrown down quickly enough to embed and preserve organic remains.

2. (by extension) To include in surrounding matter.

   We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.

3. (computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as in embedded system).

   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 can be embedded in .

embed (plural embeds)

1. Short for embedded reporter/journalist, a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit.

Definizione dizionario embed

	incastonare
	lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
	Fissare in una struttura di supporto o di decorazione.

	incastrare
	lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter

	incorporare
	lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter
	To insert information created in one program, such as a chart, an equation, an image, a video or a font, into another program or Web page.

	inserire
	lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter

	aggregare
	lay as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter

	inglobare
	mathematics; embed in

affondare

incassare

includere

introdurre

Altri significati:

(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.

(computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as in embedded system).

(by extension) To include in surrounding matter.

To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.