incubation
pronunciation
How to pronounce incubation in British English:
UK [ˌɪŋkjuˈbeɪʃn]
How to pronounce incubation in American English:
US [ˌɪnkjəˈbeʃən, ˌɪŋ-]
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- Noun:
- maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Word Origin
- incubation (n.)
- 1610s, "brooding," from Latin incubationem (nominative incubatio) "a laying upon eggs," noun of action from past participle stem of incubare "to hatch," literally "to lie on, rest on," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + cubare "to lie" (see cubicle). The literal sense of "sitting on eggs to hatch them" first recorded in English 1640s.
Example
- 1. Incubation eggs are brought here and the treatment starts .
- 2. Numerous experiments with so-called dream incubation have tried , with mixed results .
- 3. The researchers arrived at their conclusion after studying the wren 's 15-day incubation cycle .
- 4. The fund intends to combine early-stage incubation and seed money a business model that does not yet exist in china .
- 5. While the internal fight over courier occurred about 18 months ago the implications of the decision to kill the incubation project reverberate today .