GLOSSARY
Embedding
IN ONE SENTENCE
An embedding turns text into a numeric vector so that semantic closeness becomes a computable distance.
An embedding turns text into a numeric vector so that semantic closeness becomes a computable distance.
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In detail
It explains why content that never uses the exact keyword can still be retrieved: what is matched is semantic position, not the string. Conversely, pages stuffed with keywords but semantically vague are harder to retrieve accurately.
Updated 2026-08-06