incubation
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/ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/
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/ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/
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- Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
- (pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
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- (psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
- Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
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incubator
noun
/ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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[ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]
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[ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]
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- (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
- An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
- (business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
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