# OpenAI Authors - What Are Embeddings (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://platform.openai.com/curl.png) ## Highlights - An embedding is a vector (list) of floating point numbers. The [distance](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings/which-distance-function-should-i-use) between two vectors measures their relatedness. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gtkx8bzv9cnxrh96dptmd91w)) ^485470724