incubator
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in·cu·ba·tor
(ĭn′kyə-bā′tər, ĭng′-)n.
1. An apparatus in which environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity, can be controlled, often used for growing bacterial cultures, hatching eggs artificially, or providing suitable conditions for a chemical or biological reaction.
2. Medicine An apparatus for maintaining an infant, especially a premature infant, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration.
3.
a. A place or situation that permits or encourages the formation and development, as of new ideas: a university that was an incubator of new approaches to sociology.
b. An organization that provides new businesses with technical and support services and usually low-cost office space or infrastructure.
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incubator
(ˈɪnkjʊˌbeɪtə)n
1. (Medicine) med an enclosed transparent boxlike apparatus for housing prematurely born babies under optimum conditions until they are strong enough to survive in the normal environment
2. (Biology) a container kept at a constant temperature in which birds' eggs can be artificially hatched or bacterial cultures grown
3. a person, animal, or thing that incubates
4. (Commerce) a commercial property, divided into small work units, which provides equipment and support to new businesses
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in•cu•ba•tor
(ˈɪn kyəˌbeɪ tər, ˈɪŋ-)n.
1. an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
2. an enclosed apparatus in which prematurely born infants are kept and cared for in controlled conditions.
3. an apparatus in which media inoculated with microorganisms are cultivated at a constant temperature.
[1855–60]
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incubator
An investment and support program in which entrepreneurs starting internet businesses are provided with management advice, access to finance, and technical assistance by a network of investors.
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Incubator
A box-like structure with insulation and provisions for controlling its interior temperature. The incubator is used for hatching chicken, turkey, duck, or goose eggs. Before the availability of electricity to farms, coal oil lamps were used to heat water circulating by convection through pipes around the perimeter of the brooder. A thermostat caused a damper to open and close and either trap or let hot air escape from the lamp chimney.
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| Noun | 1. |  incubator - apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infantsthermoregulator, thermostat - a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat |
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Translations
مِحْضَنَه، جِهاز للحَضانَه
inkubátor
kuvøsevarmeskab
inkubátorkeltetõgép
útungunarvél
inkubátor
kuluçka makinası
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incubator
n (for babies) → Brutkasten m, → Inkubator m; (for chicks) → Brutapparat m; (for bacteria) → Brutschrank m
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incubate
(ˈiŋkjubeit) verb1. to produce (young birds) from eggs by sitting on them or by keeping them warm by some other means.
2. (of germs or disease) to develop until signs of the disease appear. How long does chickenpox take to incubate?
ˌincuˈbation nounˈincubator noun
a heated box-like apparatus for hatching eggs or a similar one for rearing premature babies etc.
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in·cu·ba·tor
n. incubadora, receptáculo usado para asegurar las condiciones óptimas en el cuidado de prematuros.
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incubator
n (ped) incubadoraEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.