Complete Definition of "incubation"

English
wikipedia|dab=incubation
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
en-noun
#A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
#The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
#A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams.

Translations
trans-top|A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
Finnish: hautominen
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trans-top|The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
Finnish: itäminen
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trans-top|A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams
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