# OpenAI Authors - What Are Embeddings (Highlights)

## Metadata
**Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/24934491)
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**Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting
**Status**:: #x
**Authors**:: [[OpenAI Authors]]
**Full Title**:: What Are Embeddings
**Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles
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**URL**:: [platform.openai.com](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings/what-are-embeddings)
**Host**:: [[platform.openai.com]]
**Highlighted**:: [[2023-03-03]]
**Created**:: [[2023-03-04]]
## 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