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Explain an embedding.

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  • It is a numerical vector that represents useful features of content, often meaning.
  • Similar wording or meaning tends to produce nearby vectors, enabling retrieval of “vehicle collision” for a query about “car accident.”
Adapted from 13_AI.MD · “29.4 Embeddings”. Code examples are study fragments. Difficulty and core labels are editorial estimates; version-specific behavior should be checked against your project.