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Definition

Document embedding is the process of converting an entire document — as opposed to individual words or sentences — into a single numerical vector that represents the document’s overall meaning and content. The resulting vector captures the semantic essence of the full text for use in retrieval and similarity comparison. Document embeddings are used in retrieval systems that need to match a query to a relevant document at the whole-document level — useful for finding the most topically relevant pages before drilling down to passage-level retrieval. For brands, the quality of a document’s embedding depends on how clearly and consistently the document communicates its topic. Dense, semantically coherent documents that stay on one topic produce more accurate embeddings than sprawling documents that cover multiple unrelated subjects.

Embedding

Vector database

Chunking

Dense retrieval

Semantic relevance

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