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

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