What is Embedding?
Also called: Vector representation
An embedding turns a text into a long list of numbers. Texts with similar meaning get similar numbers.
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Example
“Car” and “automobile” end up close together; “banana” far away.
For pros
Embeddings are vectors with hundreds to thousands of dimensions. They power semantic search, RAG, recommendations and text clustering.
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Sources: platform.openai.com, Wikipedia · Checked on 19 October 2026
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