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incubator noun

  /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)] , [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]
  • (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
 Brutkasten, Inkubator
  • An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
 Brutkasten
  • (business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
 Inkubator, Brutkasten
  • A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
 Inkubator

incubate verb

  /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/
  • (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
 ausbrüten

incubation noun

  /ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/ , /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/
  • Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
 Bebrütung
  • (pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
 Inkubation
incubation period
Incubationsdauer, Incubationsstadium, Inkubationszeit
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