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Definition of Embedding
1. Noun. (mathematics) A map which maps a subspace (smaller structure) to the whole space (larger structure). ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of embed) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embedding
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Embedding
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Embedding
Literary usage of Embedding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"embedding. Most hardened tissues are still not firm enough to be cut into the
thin sections suitable for microscopic study. In order to support the tissue ..."
2. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"embedding. This may be simple or interstitial, the former affording a general
... For the purposes of hasty examination, the simple embedding often answers ..."
3. Outlines of Practical Histology: A Manual for Students by William Stirling (1890)
"embedding. This is necessary for many tissues; the piece of tissue may be either
... There are two methods, one simple embedding, where the tissue is simply ..."
4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"At first the 5 per cent, solution of agar-agar was used for the fixing and
embedding of the tissues. Later the 2 per cent, solution was used for the fixing ..."
5. Normal histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1912)
"The hardening of the tissues preparatory to cutting sections in the usual way,
that is, after interstitial embedding, is of much less consequence than ..."
6. Manual of Bacteriology by Edgar March Crookshank (1890)
"(B) METHODS OF embedding, FIXING, AND CUTTING. Material to be cut with the freezing
microtome, if hardened in spirit, must be well soaked in water before ..."
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