nested

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  1. noun A container or shelter made by a bird out of twigs, grass, or other material to hold its eggs and young.
  2. noun A similar structure in which fish, insects, or other animals deposit eggs or keep their young.
  3. noun A place in which young are reared; a lair.

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  • Previous technology, Goodman said, doesn't allow for careful consideration of what she described as "hierarchical" structure - essentially regions within regions - and would have obscured specific details in the molecular cloud, such as nested areas of varying density and a physical break from one area to another. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • Each of these options is followed by the actual command that will be executed, which in this case, is to call the nested menus. menu NOC command 1. menu ping menu NOC command 2. menu trace menu NOC command 3. menu interface menu NOC command 4. exit —  TechRepublic Blogs
  • The nested loops join is also called a nested iteration. —  SQLServerCentral.com Articles
  • You can even create nested, associative sections (i.e., cross-sections of cross-sections). —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • The Tree view shows the folders nested, the way Windows normally does. —  MakeUseOf.com
 

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