Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
- n. Medicine An apparatus for maintaining an infant, especially a premature infant, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration.
- n. A place or situation that permits or encourages the formation and development, as of new ideas: a college that was an incubator of new approaches to sociology.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which incubates, as a bird. Specifically— A bird that sits upon or shows a disposition to sit upon eggs.
- n. A suitable appliance for the artificial development of germs in the cultivation of micro-organisms.
- n. Same as couveuse, 2.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
- n. medicine An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
- n. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
- n. A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
- n. business A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
- n. An apparatus containing an enclosed chamber, used for the cultivation of microörganisms or tissue cultures by maintaining a suitable temperature and atmospheric composition. Some incubators have no provision for maintaining a special atmosphere, while in others, especially for anaerobic organisms and tissue culture, the moisture level and composition of the gases are also controlled.
- n. (Med.) An apparatus consisting of enclosed chamber, for maintaining prematurely born babies in a favorable environment until able to thrive under normal conditions. The temperature and level of oxygen in the atmosphere may be controlled.
WordNet 3.0
- n. apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
Examples
“The babies in incubator stories became a lead item in newspapers, and on radio and TV all over the US.”
“Importantly, they have forged collaborations with the community, and through what they call an "incubator" environment "partners work side by side, sharing resources and ideas to better serve children.”
“+1 on the proviso that all incubator releases include the phrase incubator / incubating in their version, artifact or group ID so that its clear that its an incubator release.”
“But Bryan Menell, a managing director at Capital Factory, notes that the incubator is geared toward “lighter-weight business models” that won’t require a lot of cash in order to get to an important business milestone, such as a paying customer or a beta launch.”
Austin’s Capital Factory Incubator Bets on Consumer Startups
“The Bloomberg administration plans to launch another so-called incubator in the Bronx this spring.”
The Wall Street Journal: Latest City Incubator Opens in Flatiron Area
“The incubator is a division of the University of Texas at Austin and is made up of four programs two of which were added in the past four years.”
“It will also be able to expand its so-called incubator farmer program, which allows adults considering farming as a career to lease an acre of land for three years, in order to develop their skills in food production.”
“What ultimately helped us at the incubator was the network you could get into," says cofounder Jon Cato.”
Forbes: Incubator: Advanced Technology Development Center Location:...
“President Bush said that he was happy that the atrocities in Kuwait had been highlighted on CNN.42 Bush referred to the incubator story at least five more times during the next five weeks.43 Amnesty International published the story with only a minor qualification, saying that over three hundred premature babies had been left to die.44 Repeated again and again, it spread quickly across the globe.”
“And this, too, when it has been unreservedly believed that the incubator was a modern triumph of Western science!”
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