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