Setting
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Setting may refer to:
- A location (geography) where something is set
- Set construction in theatrical scenery
- Setting (narrative), the place and time in a work of narrative, especially fiction
- Setting up to fail a manipulative technique to engineer failure
- Stonesetting, in jewelry, when a diamond or gem is set into a frame or bed
- Campaign setting in role playing games
- In computers and electronics, the computer configuration or options of the software or device
- Typesetting
- Set and setting, the context for psychedelic drug experiences
- Setting (knot), the tightening of a knot
- Musical setting, the composition of music for an existing text, usually in choral music
Education
- Ability grouping, small groups formed within a single classroom
- Tracking (education), also called streaming, separating pupils by academic ability into groups for all subjects within a school
- The location where the education takes place, for example the classroom, known as the educational setting
See also
- Set (disambiguation)
- Setup (disambiguation)
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