Incubation - English meaning

Incubation – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The process of incubating eggs, cells, bacteria, a disease, etc.
Usage examples:
The chick hatches after a month's incubation

noun
The process in which a bird, etc. keeps its eggs warm until the young come out, or the process in which an egg develops until the stage at which the young come out
Usage examples:
The incubation period varies depending on the time of year when the eggs were laid., the chemical m…

Incubation translation into English

Incubation: translate from English into Chinese

孵化, 孵蛋, 抱, 抱蛋

Incubation: translate from English into Dutch

Incubatie, Broeding

Incubation: translate from English into French

Incubation

Incubation: translate from English into German

Inkubation, Brutzeit, Ausbrüten, Züchten, Ausreifen

Incubation: translate from English into Hindi

इन्क्यूबेशन, ऊष्मायन, अण्डा सेना, उद्भवन, सेना, रोगोद्भवन

Incubation: translate from English into Italian

Incubazione

Incubation: translate from English into Korean

잠복, 알을 품음

Incubation: translate from English into Russian

Инкубация, Инкубационный период, Высиживание, Выращивание, Выведение, Высиживание цыплят, Разведение, Латентный период

Incubation: translate from English into Spanish

Incubación

Word origin

early 17th century: from Latin incubatio(n- ) ‘brooding’, from the verb incubare (see incubate).

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Incubation – similar words

incubating

verb
(of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.
Usage examples:
When most birds incubate eggs, the females often produce high levels of prolactin, a hormone involv…

verb
Present participle of incubate
Usage examples:
The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days.

Incubating - all meanings in English

incubates

verb
(of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.
Usage examples:
When most birds incubate eggs, the females often produce high levels of prolactin, a hormone involv…

verb
To keep something warm, causing it to develop, esp. to keep eggs warm until the young are born
Usage examples:
Condors incubate only one egg and raise one chick at a time., lyme disease is caused by bacteria th…

Incubates - all meanings in English

incubated

verb
(of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.
Usage examples:
When most birds incubate eggs, the females often produce high levels of prolactin, a hormone involv…

Incubated - all meanings in English

incubate

verb
(of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching.
Usage examples:
When most birds incubate eggs, the females often produce high levels of prolactin, a hormone involv…

verb
To keep something warm, causing it to develop, esp. to keep eggs warm until the young are born
Usage examples:
Condors incubate only one egg and raise one chick at a time., lyme disease is caused by bacteria th…

Incubate - all meanings in English

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