static nested scopeWhere the {scope} of an {identifier} is fixed at {compile-time} to be the smallest {block} ({begin}/end, {function}, or {procedure} body) containing the identifier's {declaration}. This means that an identifier declared in some block is only accessible within that block and from procedures declared within it. This term is used in the {Python} community. Compare {lexical scope}. (2002-02-18)