embodiment

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Embodied or embodiment may refer to:

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Anthropology

Cognitive science

Music and arts

Religion

  • Divine embodiment, the visualized appearance of the deity assumed in theurgical, tantric, and other mystical practices
  • Incarnation, the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form, an anthropomorphic form of a god

Other

  • Claim (patent), in patent law, embodiment refers to implementation of an invention
  • Embodied agent, an agent with a physical presence in the world (Robotics)
  • Embodied energy, required to produce any goods or services
  • Embodied water or virtual water, the water used in the production of a good or service
  • Personification, an embodiment of an entity, usually in the form of a person

See also

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