Meanings
nesting1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of nest
nounnesting (countable and uncountable, plural nestings)
plural nestings
- countableuncountableAn arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.
the nesting of Russian dolls
- countableuncountablecomputingThe enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
The positioning of a control structure inside another control structure is called nesting e.g. nested-IF and nested-loop.
2013 September 10, Sara Shahzad, Ibrar Ahmad, Mir Muhammd Suleman Sarwar, “Cyclomatic complexity: The nesting problem”, in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2013) (PDF), Islamabad, Pakistan: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, →DOI, archived from the original on 29 May 2023, page 275Synonyms: imbrication
Nesting2
proper noun
- A parish on the east coast of Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process by which a bird nests.
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nounThe enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
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Translations
Catalan nidificació, aniuament
- nidificacióthe process by which a bird nests
- aniuamentcomputing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another
Finnish pesiminen, pesintä
- pesiminenthe process by which a bird nests
- pesintäthe process by which a bird nests
- sisäkkäisyyscomputing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another
French nidification
- nidificationthe process by which a bird nests
Polish gniazdowanie
- gniazdowaniethe process by which a bird nests
Spanish anidación, nidificación
- anidaciónthe process by which a bird nests
- nidificaciónthe process by which a bird nests
- anidamientothe process by which a bird nests
Swedish nästling
- nästlingcomputing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another
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APA
nesting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nesting
MLA
“nesting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nesting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nesting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nesting.
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