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Incubator

/[ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
  2. 2
    apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants wordnet
  3. 3
    An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
  4. 4
    An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
  5. 5
    A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
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  1. 6
    A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.

    "So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant? This gets to the heart of the institutional support problem in Wales."

Etymology

From incubate + -or.

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