Nesting may refer to:
Science and technology Fermi surface nesting, a concept in quantum mechanics 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 nth 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