# What is Embedding?

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/embedding/
> Last updated: 2026-04-18
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# What is Embedding?

A fixed-length vector representing the meaning of a piece of text. Similar meanings → close vectors. Generated by a separate embedding model (e.g. text-embedding-3-small) and stored in a vector store for fast semantic search.

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