incubator

  1. Noun.  (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
  2. Noun.  (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
  3. Noun.  An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
  4. Noun.  A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
  5. Noun.  (wjargon) The Wikimedia Incubator.

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