Nesting may refer to:

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* Building or having a

nest A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs or young. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests. They may be composed of organic materi ...

Nesting instinct Nesting behavior refers to an instinct or urge in pregnant animals associated with an increase of estradiol (E2) to prepare a home for the upcoming newborn(s). Nest building provides protection against predators and competitors that mean to expl ...

, an instinct in pregnant animals to prepare a home for offspring *

Nesting (computing) In computing science and informatics, nestinghttps://study.com/academy/lesson/nesting-loops-statements-in-c-programming.html, title=Nesting Loops & Statements in C Programming is where information is organized in layers, or where objects contain ...

, a concept of information organized recursively *

Nesting (process) In manufacturing industry, nesting refers to the process of laying out cutting patterns to minimize the raw material waste. Examples include manufacturing parts from flat raw material such as sheet metal. Such process can also be applied to ad ...

, a process of efficiently manufacturing parts from flat raw material * Nesting algorithm for optimal packing * Nested sampling algorithm, a method in Bayesian statistics * ''Nested variation'' or ''nested data'', described at

restricted randomization In statistics, restricted randomization occurs in the design of experiments and in particular in the context of randomized experiments and randomized controlled trials. Restricted randomization allows intuitively poor allocations of treatments to ...

** Nested case-control study, a case when this occurs

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Nesting (voting districts) Nesting is the delimitation of voting districts for one elected body in order to define the voting districts for another body. For example, in California, the State Assembly (the lower house) is composed of 80 members, each one representing 1/80 ...

, the process of combining or splitting of voting districts *

Nesting, Shetland Nesting is a parish in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It includes a part of the east Shetland Mainland, measuring about , along the seaboard from Gletness to Lunna Ness, and also the island of Whalsay and the Out Skerries. The coast is deeply i ...

, in Scotland * ''

The Nesting ''The Nesting'' (also known as ''Phobia'' and ''Massacre Mansion'') is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Armand Weston, and starring Robin Groves, Michael Lally, John Carradine and Gloria Grahame in her final ...

'', a 1981 American slasher film directed by Armand Weston * ''Nesting'' (film), a 2011 American romantic comedy film

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