nested

[ nes-tid ]

/ ˈnɛs tɪd /

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adjective Mathematics.

(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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Origin of nested

First recorded in 1720–30; nest + -ed³

Words nearby nested

Nessler's reagent, Nessus, nest, NESTA, nest box, nested, nest egg, nesting, nesting table, nestle, nestling

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Fageeh decided to test out the big city waters of New York, so he applied to Columbia University and nested in Harlem.
‘No Woman, No Drive’: Behind the Viral Video|Sophia Jones|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The common tern and the greater sand-plover nested on the shingly islands in the river.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
They nested in their old corner under the eaves of Caspar's gable-roof.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various
In perfect security around and beneath the Castle walls roosted and nested a perfect colony of sea-birds.
Baron Bruno|Louisa Morgan

At the sound of that terrible hunger-cry all the rabbits, and hares, and birds that nested on the ground or in trees, trembled.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
Remembering a meadow in New England where stellaris nested, I concluded to wait till chance took me thither, and passed on.
Roof and Meadow|Dallas Lore Sharp

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