Stacking may refer to:
Arts and media
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''Stacking'' (video game), a 2011 game from Double Fine
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Stacking
Stacking may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Stacking'' (video game), a 2011 game from Double Fine
* ''Stacking'', a 1987 TV movie directed and produced by Martin Rosen
* Stacking, a technique in broadcast programming
Language
* Consonant stacki ...
'', a 1987 TV movie directed and produced by
Martin Rosen
* Stacking, a technique in
broadcast programming
Broadcast programming is the practice of organizing or ordering (scheduling) of broadcast media shows, typically radio and television, in a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or season-long schedule.
Modern broadcasters use broadcast automatio ...
Language
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Consonant stacking
An abugida (, from Ge'ez: ), sometimes known as alphasyllabary, neosyllabary or pseudo-alphabet, is a segmental writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel nota ...
, a feature of some South Asian writing systems
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Verb stacking, a grammatical phenomenon involving concatenation of verbs
Science and technology
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Stacking (chemistry)
In chemistry, pi stacking (also called π–π stacking) refers to the presumptive attractive, noncovalent pi interactions ( orbital overlap) between the pi bonds of aromatic rings. However this is a misleading description of the phenomena since ...
, an attractive, noncovalent interaction between aromatic rings
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Focus stacking
Focus stacking (also known as focal plane merging and z-stacking or focus blending) is a digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different focus distances to give a resulting image with a greater depth of fiel ...
, an image processing technique in photography
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Image stacking
Speckle imaging describes a range of high-resolution astronomical imaging techniques based on the analysis of large numbers of short exposures that freeze the variation of atmospheric turbulence. They can be divided into the shift-and-add ("''i ...
, a form of speckle imaging
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Block-stacking problem
In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire , also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table.
Statement
The block- ...
, a puzzle in statics
* Stacking, a technique used in
reflection seismology
Reflection seismology (or seismic reflection) is a method of exploration geophysics that uses the principles of seismology to estimate the properties of the Earth's subsurface from reflected seismic waves. The method requires a controlled seismi ...
* Stacking, a type of
ensemble learning
In statistics and machine learning, ensemble methods use multiple learning algorithms to obtain better predictive performance than could be obtained from any of the constituent learning algorithms alone.
Unlike a statistical ensemble in statisti ...
in machine learning
* Stacking, the
assembly of a multistage rocket
Sport
* Stacking, a strategy used in the sport of
pickleball
Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and ...
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Dice stacking
Dice stacking is a performance art, akin to juggling or sleight-of-hand, in which the performer scoops dice off a flat surface with a dice cup and then sets the cup down while moving it in a pattern that stacks the dice into a vertical column via ...
, a performance art involving dice
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Racial stacking, a concept relating to positional segregation in sports
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Sport stacking
Sport stacking, also known as cup stacking or speed stacking, is an individual and team sport that involves stacking 9 or 12 (usually 12) specially designed cups in pre-determined sequences as quickly as possible. The cups are specially designed ...
, played using plastic cups
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Stacking guard pass
The guard is a ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs. In pure grappling combat sports, the guard is considered an advantageous position, b ...
, a technique in grappling
Other uses
* Stacking, a
gang signal
A gang signal, also known as a gang sign, is a verbal or visual way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans, hand signs, colored clothing and graffiti. The wearer usually favors, or is in, that part ...
made with the hands
* Stacking, a phenomenon where
amusement ride
Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people especially kids to create fun and enjoyment.
Rides are often perceived by many as being scary or more dangerous than they actually are. This ...
vehicles stop and "pile up" due to the track ahead being occupied
See also
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Sphere packing
In geometry, a sphere packing is an arrangement of non-overlapping spheres within a containing space. The spheres considered are usually all of identical size, and the space is usually three-dimensional Euclidean space. However, sphere packing p ...
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Stack (disambiguation)
Stack may refer to:
Places
* Stack Island, an island game reserve in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia, in Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group
* Blue Stack Mountains, in Co. Donegal, Ireland
People
* Stack (surname) (including a list of people ...
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Stacker (disambiguation)
A stacker is a machine used in bulk material handling.
Stacker may also refer to:
* Stacker, disk compression software released by Stac Electronics
** Lempel–Ziv–Stac, also known as "Stacker Compression", a data compression method for point- ...
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piling (disambiguation)
Piling may refer to:
* Pilings, deep foundations
* Stacking, placing items atop one another
** Disordered piling, a Japanese wallbuilding technique
* Pi-Ling, an ancient city where Changzhou now sits
* Chinese Piling paintings, the Pi-Ling styl ...
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