A list of numbers that represents a piece of text, an image or other data, learned so that similar items get nearby lists. Embeddings let software compare meaning with arithmetic, which powers semantic search.
See also
- Semantic search
Search that finds results by meaning rather than by exact words, often by comparing embeddings, so a search for "cheap flights" can find a page about "low airfares".
- Retrieval-augmented generation
A technique in which a system first searches a collection of documents for passages relevant to a question, then gives them to the model so its answer draws on those sources rather than on memory alone.
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Orbyt Labs, Embedding (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/embedding
Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset
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