Definition of "embeddings" [embeddings]

• Plural form of embedding. (noun)

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• "Around 1950 Abraham Robinson was impressed that maps between algebraic structures in general seem hardly ever to be elementary, whereas some important maps (such as embeddings between two algebraically closed fields, or between two real-closed fields) turn out to be elementary."
• "Elementary embeddings have a number of properties that make them useful."
• "As the name implies, elementary embeddings are always embeddings."