embedded

Fixed firmly inside something, or deeply established as part of it.

• A piece of glass was embedded in her shoe.
• The software includes an embedded video player.
• These habits are deeply embedded in daily life.

How to use it: embedded in something (These beliefs are embedded in our culture.)

Similar words: ingrained, lodged

Common phrases: embedded in something, deeply embedded, embedded technology

Set partly inside concrete or soil so that it stays in place.

• The bolts are embedded in concrete.
• Embedded steel bars strengthen the wall.
• The fence has posts embedded in the ground.

How to use it: embedded in concrete/soil (The steel posts are embedded in concrete.)

Similar words: set, anchored

Common phrases: embedded bolts, embedded posts, embedded in concrete

Describing an associated prime ideal that properly contains another associated prime ideal.

• This ring has an embedded prime.
• The calculation revealed two embedded associated primes.
• Is this associated prime embedded or minimal?

Opposites: minimal

Common phrases: embedded prime, embedded associated prime