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nested

[ nes-tid ]

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of nested1

First recorded in 1720–30; nest + -ed 3
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Traditionally, the Pope's remains would have been enclosed the day before the funeral in three nested coffins, made of cypress, lead, and oak.

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He also requested to be buried in a single wooden casket, unlike his predecessors, who were buried in the traditional three nested coffins.

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Previous pontiffs were buried in three nested coffins made of cypress, lead and oak.

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Atwood started the millennium winning the Booker Prize with “The Blind Assassin,” a nested novel of historical fiction.

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Then, a year to the day later, a hummingbird had nested outside Terry’s house, and it washed out in a storm, and Terry called Jean again, and Jean said to Terry, “Will you help me?”

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