'Embedded' definitions:

Definition of 'embedded'

From: WordNet
adjective
Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp"
adjective
Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause"

Definition of 'Embedded'

From: GCIDE
  • Embed \Em*bed"\ ([e^]m*b[e^]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'embedded'

From: GCIDE
  • integrated \integrated\ adj.
  • 1. Formed or united into a whole.
  • Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as, an integrated Europe. Opposite of nonintegrated. [Narrower terms: coordinated, interconnected, unified; embedded; incorporated; tight-knit, tightly knit]
  • a more closely integrated economic and political system --Dwight D. Eisenhower [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. Having different groups treated together as equals in one group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms: co-ed, coeducational; {desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated}; interracial; mainstreamed] Also See: integrative, joint, united. Antonym: segregated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  • 4. Resembling a living organism in organization or development. [Narrower terms: organic (vs. inorganic)]
  • Syn: structured. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 5. combined. Opposite of uncombined. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  • 6. having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit. Opposite of unmixed. [Narrower terms: blended[2]]
  • Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

Definition of 'embedded'

From: GCIDE
  • embedded \embedded\ adj.
  • 1. enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp. [WordNet sense 1]
  • Syn: fixed. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]