incubator

in·cu·ba·tor  (nky-btr, ng-)

n.

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

3. 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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incubator

Noun

1. Med a heated enclosed apparatus for rearing premature babies

2. an apparatus for hatching birds' eggs or growing bacterial cultures

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incubator  (nky-btr)

1. 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. An apparatus for maintaining an infant, especially one that is ill or born before the usual gestation period, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

incubator - apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants brooder apparatus, setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function thermoregulator, thermostat - a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat

Translations

incubator [ˈɪnkjubeɪtəʳ] n → incubadora

incubator [ˈɪnkjubeɪtəʳ] n → incubateur m;

(for babies) → couveuse f

incubator [ˈɪnkjubeɪtəʳ] incubate n (for babies) → Brutkasten m, Inkubator m

incubator [ˈɪnkjubeɪtəʳ] n → incubatrice f