Packing may refer to:

Law and politics

Jury packing Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. The group of potential jurors (the "jury pool,” also known as the ''venire'') is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random metho ...

, selecting biased jurors for a court case *

Packing and cracking Gerrymandering, ( , originally ) defined in the contexts of representative electoral systems, is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency. T ...

, a method of creating voting districts to give a political party an advantage

Other uses

Packing (firestopping) Packing is the process and/or the materials used in filling both Penetrant (mechanical, electrical, or structural), service Penetration (firestop), penetrations and Joint (building), building joints with backer materials as approved components wit ...

, the process of installing backer materials, such as mineral wool in service penetrations *

Packing (phallus) Packing is wearing padding or a phallic object in the front of the pants or underwear to give the appearance of having a penis or bulge. Packing is commonly practiced by trans men. People who cross-dress as male may also "pack". Packers The o ...

, the practice of wearing a phallic object inside the clothing to give the appearance of male genitals * Packing, in autism therapy, wrapping children in cold wet sheets * Packing, also known as an O-ring or other type of mechanical seal, a term for a sealing material *

Packing problems Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to either pack a single container as Packing density, densely as possible or pack all objects us ...

, a family of optimization problems in mathematics

Law and politics

Other uses

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