Each document has a root element and all elements must be nested within other elements. Text documents often comprise nested regions like lists within lists or procedures within procedures.

nest 2 of 2 verb 1 : to build or live in a nest robins nested in the tree 2 : to fit compactly together or within one another a set of tables that nest for storage

Nested definition: (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 …

Definition of 'nested' nested in British English (ˈnɛstɪd ) adjective (of similar objects) placed one inside the other

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