English dictionary

incubation

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear

noun.time

Source: WordNet 3.0
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

noun.process

Synonyms brooding

Source: WordNet 3.0
A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

noun

Source: webster1913