incubation

[In`cu*ba·tion]

(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear

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A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

Noun
maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development

Noun
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

Noun
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear


n.
A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

n.
The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)

n.
A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.


Incubation

In`cu*ba"tion , n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. 2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.) 3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. Tylor. Period of incubation, ∨ Stage of incubation (Med.), the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores.

A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

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After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu.

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