# embedded

Pronunciation: say "im-BED-id" /ɪmˈbɛdɪd/

## Adjective

1. Set firmly into a surrounding mass, or so deeply rooted as to be a fixed, inseparable part of something.
   - Simple: Fixed firmly inside something so it cannot move, or forming a deep and lasting part of it.
   - _The fossil remained embedded in solid rock for millions of years._
   - _A distrust of outsiders was deeply embedded in the village's culture._
3. Set partly into concrete or planted in the earth, leaving part of the object exposed above the surface.
   - Simple: Partly buried in concrete or set into the ground, with some of it still showing.
   - _The flagpole stood firmly, its base embedded in a block of concrete._
   - _The stepping stones were embedded in the garden path._
4. Describing an associated prime that is not minimal under inclusion: it has a proper sub-ideal that is itself an associated prime.
   - Simple: In higher math, describing an associated prime that is not the smallest, because it contains another one inside it.
   - _The primary decomposition revealed an embedded prime contained strictly within the maximal ideal._
   - _Geometrically, an embedded prime corresponds to a component lying inside a larger one._

## Verb

2. Simple past tense and past participle of embed. — simple past and past participle of embed
   - Simple: Simple past tense and past participle of embed. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _The journalist embedded with the troops for six weeks._
   - _Tiny bubbles were embedded throughout the hand-blown glass._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "embed" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/embedded (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).