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'', 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 autom ...
Language
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Consonant stacking, 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, stacking refers to superposition of molecules or atomic sheets owing to attractive interactions between these molecules or sheets.
Metal dichalcogenide compounds
Metal dichalcogenides have the formula ME2, where M = a transition me ...
, an attractive, noncovalent interaction between aromatic rings
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Focus stacking
Focus stackingalso called focal plane merging, z-stacking, focus bracketing or focus blendingis a digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different Focus (optics), focus distances to give a resulting image with ...
, an image processing technique in photography
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Image stacking, a form of speckle imaging
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Block-stacking problem, 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 reflection (physics), reflected seismic waves. The method requir ...
* 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 statist ...
in machine learning
* Stacking, the
assembly of a multistage rocket
Sport
* Stacking, a strategy used in the sport of
pickleball
Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two or four players use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played i ...
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Dice stacking, 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 is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a ...
, played using plastic cups
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Stacking guard pass, a technique in grappling
Other uses
* Stacking, a
gang signal
A gang sign, also known as a gang signal, is a verbal or visual way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans, hand signs, colored clothing, and graffiti to indicate that the signaller favors, or is a ...
made with the hands
* Stacking, a phenomenon where
amusement ride 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)
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Stacker (disambiguation)
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piling (disambiguation)
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