incubator

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Once the startup enters its first funding round, the incubator will be able to exercise the warrant.

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  1. noun 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. noun Medicine An apparatus for maintaining an infant, especially a premature infant, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration.
  3. noun 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.

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  • She instinctively lunged toward the incubator, and found Phas and Pol beside her. —  Dragons Dawn
  • Today in Washington D.C., neoconservatives William Kristol, Robert Kagan, and Dan Senor will officially launch their new war incubator -- The Foreign Policy Initiative -- with a half-day conference on "the path to success in Afghanistan" (never mind the fact that Kagan and Kristol declared that "the endgame seems to be in sight in Afghanistan" almost seven years ago). —  The Cherry Creek News
  • Once the startup enters its first funding round, the incubator will be able to exercise the warrant. —  TechCrunch
  • I was almost thinking of this as a little Transmodern incubator -- see what kind of work they do and think about them for other projects. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • Another large project on the horizon is a business incubator, a possibility the DCA is exploring to generate wealth and job creation. —  The Austin Daily Herald
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  1. from Late Latin incubator, one who lies in a place, from Latin incubare, lie in or upon, incubate: see incubate.
 

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