Both Uses of
embedded
in
Oryx and Crake
- This wallpaper — they told Jimmy — had a modified form of Kirilianenergy-sensing algae embedded in it, along with a sublayer of algae nutrients, but there were still some glitches to be fixed.†
p. 201.8embedded = firmly within; or placed firmly within
- They have a really elegant delivery system — they embed a virus inside a carrier bacterium, E. coli splice, doesn't get digested, bursts in the pylorus, and bingo!†
p. 211.5 *embed = place firmly within
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