incubation
/ˌɪŋkjəˈbeɪʃən/
noun
- The process of keeping eggs warm so that they hatch, or keeping something in a controlled environment for development.
- The incubation of chicken eggs takes about 21 days.
- During incubation, the eggs must be kept at a steady temperature.
- The lab uses a special chamber for the incubation of bacterial cultures.
- The period between exposure to a disease and the appearance of the first symptoms.
- Doctors are studying the incubation of the virus to understand how it spreads.
- The incubation for the flu is usually one to four days.
- After exposure, the patient entered a short incubation phase before feeling sick.
- The process of developing an idea, plan, or project over time.
- Good ideas often need a period of incubation before they are ready.
- The novel was the result of years of incubation in the author's mind.
- The company's new product went through a long incubation phase.
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