“embedding” is a form of

embed

/ɪmˈbɛd/ verb, noun

Forms embeds embedding embedded imbed

1. verb (transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. “to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand”
2. verb (transitive, by extension) To include (something) in surrounding matter. “We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.”
3. verb (transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file. “The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.”
4. verb (mathematics, transitive) To define a one-to-one function from one set to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain. “The torus S¹#92;timesS¹ can be embedded in #92;mathbb#123;R#125;³.”
5. noun (journalism) An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
6. noun An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
7. noun (computing) A digital object embedded within another, which is often a document.
8. noun (computing) A piece of computer hardware embedded within another physical object, which is often a larger IT device.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “embed”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details