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• past tense form of nest.
• past participle of nest.

nested

American  

[nes-tid] / ˈnɛs tɪd /

adjective

Mathematics.

1. (of an ordered collection of sets or intervals) having the property that each set is contained in the preceding set and the length or diameter of the sets approaches zero as the number of sets tends to infinity.

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Etymology

Origin of nested

First recorded in 1720–30; nest + -ed ³

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In 1871, one massive flock in Wisconsin nested more than 850 square miles — almost twice the size of the city of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Watch for clues when the storyline we’re watching becomes its own nested narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

CJ7 and 022 have nested at Careys Secret Garden since 2022.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Dad saw patients in the back room of the house, which had metal cabinets for his nested lenses that tinkled like glass wind chimes when you opened and shut the drawers.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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