embedded

Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.

Adjective

  1. Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
    • Near Maldonado I saw estuary shells of recent species embedded in clay, and raised above the level of a neighbouring fresh-water lake. - 1839-1843, Charles Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle:
    • That is, a program which will execute in an embedded target computer is developed on a host computer which offers extensive support facilities. - 1980, Stoneman requirements:

    Synonyms: inbuilt

    Coordinate Terms: inset recessed

  2. Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.
  3. Not minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes), i.e. having a proper sub-ideal which is an associated prime.

    Antonyms: isolated

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English embed Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English embedded From embed + -ed.

Forms

more embedded most embedded

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of embed

Derived

embedded clause embeddedness embedded software embedded system nonembedded