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nesting

nesting

5.1
Arranging items inside other items to make levels
  • noun
  • /ˈnɛstɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : anidamiento
  • In programming, nesting functions allows for better organization of code and can simplify complex tasks.

And so it's kind of a quadruply nested loop or something like that.

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Examples

  • The beauty of this API, the way this is designed is the simplicity and understandability you get when nesting calls to async.

  • Nesting of timescales allows cells to immediately take into account both slow and fast perturbations in their state.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Because you could have many functions nested inside each other, more than just two.

  • This is an example of a nested loop, right?

  • We'll call it coordinator and we'll have it be a nested class.

  • So it's nested as we say, it forms a hierarchy.

  • I do want to point out one group of nested ideas that I think helps explain this phenomenon.

  • Within the sections are nested other narrative poems, some of them prose poems, some of them long poems.

  • And this is called nested tuplets 'cause you have tuplets, which is a polyrhythm and then you nest tuplets inside of the tuplet.

  • The nesting of multiple classes within a single file helps to maintain a clear structure in the application.

Synonyms

2 5.7

An arrangement of people or things in levels with higher levels controlling lower ones

is narrower, stressing elements placed inside similar elements to build the levels
ordination
vsnesting
  • Formal
1 7.8

An order of parts or ideas that makes them easy to understand

is more specific, involving elements placed within similar elements to form hierarchy
matryoshka
vsnesting
9.1

A group of things where each one fits inside a similar smaller one

focuses on placing elements within similar elements to form a hierarchy
hierarchical data structure
vsnesting
  • Specialized
7.6

A way of organising information in levels like a tree

emphasizes embedding similar elements inside one another rather than just levels
data hierarchy
vsnesting
  • Specialized
4.7

An arrangement of data in levels where groups contain smaller groups, like folders and files

highlights embedding elements within similar elements rather than only level ranking
treeing
vsnesting
  • Specialized
7.5

A way of arranging information in branches like a tree

differs by focusing on embedding elements within similar elements rather than branching
hierarchization
vsnesting
  • Specialized
9.3

To arrange people or things into levels of importance

is specifically about placing elements inside similar elements to create layers
laddering
vsnesting
  • Specialized
7.5

A way of arranging ideas in steps to find deeper reasons

is about literal embedding within similar elements, not just stepwise ordering

Antonyms

7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

Compounds

A place where birds or animals build a nest and lay eggs

How Nested

nesting
  • Specialized
5.1
collection
759 1.4
single piece
11 3.3

Surface Forms

nesting singular
nestings plural

Morphology

nesting = nest (semi-transparent) = nest + ing

The hierarchical computing sense is a standard extension of the idea of putting one element inside another, but it is not fully predictable from the base verb alone.

Etymology

Nesting comes from nest, the idea of one thing placed inside another, like boxes inside boxes. In computing, 'nesting' means putting parts inside similar parts to make levels, which is why deep nesting can make code hard to read.