Meaning

5 senses
  1. Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.

    инкуба́торinkubátor

    apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants

  2. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

    Brutkasten, Inkubator

    инкуба́торinkubátor

    інкуба́торinkubátor

  3. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.

    Brutkasten

    инкуба́торinkubátor

    інкуба́торinkubátor

  4. A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.

    Inkubator

  5. A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.

    Inkubator

    інкуба́торinkubátor

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The girl was in the incubator.

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  2. The girl remained in the incubator.

    deDas Mädchen blieb im Inkubator.

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  3. They put the child in the incubator.

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  4. Damiano took the baby out of the incubator.

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  5. I spent my starting period of my life in an incubator.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
medicine: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby:
Русский
By meaning 1
chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
medicine: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby:

Origin

From incubate + -or.

From incubate + -or.

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Forms

plural: incubators
Singularincubator
Pluralincubators

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants:brooder

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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