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Nesting

//ˈnɛstɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A parish on the east coast of Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which a bird nests. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another. countable, uncountable

    "the nesting of Russian dolls"

  3. 3
    The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another. countable, uncountable

    "The positioning of a control structure inside another control structure is called nesting e.g. nested-IF and nested-loop."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of nest form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From Old Norse nes + þing, the ting (assembly) at the ness; there are a few nesses in the area.

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