Look up: Incubator


  1. incubator
    [n] - apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=incubator

  2. incubator
    A box-like apparatus in which premature babies are kept at a constant and suitable temperature.
    Found op http://www.babycentre.co.uk/glossary/i/

  3. Incubator
    A machine used to hatch eggs by emulating the mother bird. The eggs are kept warm, turned each day and even allowed to cool very slightly to simulate the mother bird getting up to feed.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20587

  4. Incubator
    A facility designed to encourage entrepreneurship and minimise obstacles to new business formation... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/incubator.htm?id=12970&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of incubator'>more</a>
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  5. Incubator
    Incubator: In biotechnology. an apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. Incubators are used in microbiology for culturing (growing) bacteria and other microorganisms. Incubators in tissue culture rooms are used for culturing stem cells, lymphocytes, skin fibroblasts an...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=18426

  6. Incubator
    In'cu·ba`tor noun That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/39

  7. Incubator
    In'cu·ba`tor noun 1. A contrivance for the cultivation of microörganisms by maintaining a suitable temperature. 2. (Medicine) An apparatus for rearing prematurely born babies.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/39

  8. incubator
    1. A container in which controlled environmental conditions may be maintained; e.g., for culturing microorganisms. ... 2. An apparatus for maintaining an infant (usually premature) in an environment of proper oxygenation, humidity, and temperature. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?incubator

  9. incubator
    brooder noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=incubator

  10. Incubator
    A facility designed to encourage entrepreneurship and minimize obstacles to new business formation and development, particularly for high technology firms, by housing a number of budding enterprises that share an array of services, such as rent, secretarial services, and business counseling. Incubat...
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  11. incubator
    (in´ku-ba″tәr) an apparatus for maintaining a constant and suitable temperature for the development of eggs, cultures of microorganisms, or other living cells. an apparatus for maintaining optimal conditions for growth and development in the early care of premature infants. The primary ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  12. Incubator
    • (n.) That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat. • (n.) A contrivance for the cultivation of microorganisms by maintaining a suitable temperature. • (n.) An apparatus for rearing prematurely born babies.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/incubator/



  1. incubator
    an insulated enclosure in which temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions can be regulated at levels optimal for growth, hatching, ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/15

  2. incubator
    incubator 1. Applied to an artificial hatching apparatus, whether it be used for eggs or bacteria. 2. An apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. 3. an apparatus in which media inoculated with microorganisms are cultivated at a constant temperature. 4. An enclosed ap...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/582/

  3. incubator
    Type: Term Pronunciation: in′kyū-bā′tŏr Definitions: 1. A container in which controlled environmental conditions may be maintained; for culturing microorganisms. 2. An apparatus for maintaining an infant (usually premature) in an environment of proper oxygenation, humidity...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=44103

  4. Incubator
    [culture] In biology, an incubator is a device used to grow and maintain of course microbiological cultures or cell cultures. The incubator maintains optimal temperature, humidity and other conditions such as the carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen content of the atmosphere inside. Incubators ar...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubator_(culture)

  5. Incubator
    An incubator is anything that performs or facilitates various forms of incubation. It may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubator

  6. INCUBATOR
    A facility designed to encourage entrepreneurship and minimize obstacles to new business formation and growth, particularly for high technology firms, by housing a number of fledgling enterprises that share an array of services. These shared services may include meeting areas, secretarial services, ...
    Found op http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/1/2896/resources/13240

  7. Incubator
    A transparent, box-like enclosure in which sick or preterm babies are placed after birth and until they have reached a point in which the device is no longer necessary. The device is temperature controlled for babies who cannot maintain or regulate their own body temperatures. Synonym(s): Isolette
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/I/2

  8. incubator
    incubator, apparatus for the maintenance of controlled conditions in which eggs can be hatched artificially. Incubator houses with double walls of mud, a fireroom, and several compartments each holding about 6,000 hens' eggs were developed in ancient times; the Chinese have long used baskets with a ...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0825080.html

  9. Incubator
    a device used to incubate eggs.
    Found op http://www.kingsnake.com/articles/Glossary.html

  10. Incubator
    [egg] An incubator is a device simulating avian incubation by keeping eggs warm and in the correct humidity, and if needed to turn them, to hatch them. Modern incubators are electrically heated with a thermostat. A magazine published in Britain during WWII described an incubator as "a wooden...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubator_(egg)

  11. Incubator
    [microbiology] Reporting statistics of link accutone.com; 0 records. Reports COIBot reported 0 links. ---- Below a full report on all use of the link accutone.com. This list is intended to see how the external link gets used, it does not imply that involved accounts are having a conflict of ...
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  12. incubator
    1) Apparatus 2) Brooder 3) Hospital equipment holding an island? 4) Setup
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/incubator/1

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