Nesting may refer to:

Science and technology

Parenting behavior

* Building or having a

nest A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold Egg (biology), 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 ...

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

Things within other things of the same kind

* Nesting (computing), a concept of information organized recursively * Nesting (process), a process of efficiently manufacturing parts from flat raw material * Nesting algorithm for optimal packing * Nested sampling algorithm, a method in Bayesian statistics * Nested radical, a radical (i.e. mathematical notation for an ''n''th root) with other radicals inside it * Nested intervals, in mathematics, intervals within intervals * ''Nested variation'' or ''nested data'', described at restricted randomization ** Nested case-control study, a case when this occurs

Other uses

* Nesting (child custody), a child custody arrangement in which the children stay in the home * Nesting (voting districts), the process of combining or splitting of voting districts * Nesting, Shetland, in Scotland * '' The Nesting'', a 1981 American slasher film directed by Armand Weston * ''Nesting'' (film), a 2011 American romantic comedy film

Science and technology

Parenting behavior

Things within other things of the same kind

Other uses

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