Both Uses of
embedded
in
Atlas Shrugged
- Ellis Wyatt stood on a ridge, watching the glass dial of a gauge imbedded in the rock.†
Chpt 3.1 *imbedded = firmly within; or placed firmly within
- Hanging detached in space, there were the lights of the valley below them, the red breath of Stockton's foundry above, and the lighted string of windows of Mulligan's house, like a railroad car imbedded in the sky.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
firmly within; or placed within
in various senses, including:
- firmly stuck into -- as a thorn into a finger
- enclosed within -- as a fossil within a rock
- implanted as a part -- sometimes specifically of a reporter
- integrated in hardware -- as of a computer chip
- firmly set within -- as of a character trait