{{wiktionary}} '''Nesting''' may refer to:
==Science and technology== === Parenting behavior === * Building or having a nest ** 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'' (2012 film), an American romantic comedy film directed by John Chuldenko * ''Nesting'' (2025 film), a Canadian thriller film directed by Chloé Cinq-Mars
==See also== * All articles beginning with Nesting * Nest (disambiguation) * Matryoshka doll, a Russian nested doll
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