nesting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of nest

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The process by which a bird nests.
2. (countable, uncountable)An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.

   “the nesting of Russian dolls”

3. (countable, uncountable)The 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.”

name

1. A parish on the east coast of Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.