Packing may refer to:

Law and politics

* Jury packing, selecting biased jurors for a court case *

Packing and cracking In representative democracies, gerrymandering (, originally ) is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create undue advantage for a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency. The m ...

, a method of creating voting districts to give a political party an advantage

Other uses

Packing (firestopping) Packing is the process and/or the materials used in filling both service penetrations and building joints with backer materials as approved components within a firestop. Image:Ceramic_fibre_nelson_clk_installation.jpg, Ceramic fibre used as pac ...

, the process of installing backer materials, such as mineral wool in service penetrations *

Packing (phallus) Packing is wearing padding or a phallic object in the front of the pants or underwear to give the appearance of having a penis or bulge. Packing is commonly practiced by trans men. People who cross-dress as male may also "pack". Packers The obj ...

, the practice of wearing a phallic object inside the clothing to give the appearance of male genitals * Packing, in

autism therapy The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...

, wrapping children in cold wet sheets * Packing, also known as an O-ring or other type of

mechanical seal A mechanical seal is a device that helps join systems and mechanisms together by preventing leakage (e.g. in a pumping system), containing pressure, or excluding contamination. The effectiveness of a seal is dependent on adhesion in the case of ...

, a term for a sealing material * Packing problems, a family of optimization problems in mathematics

Law and politics

Other uses

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