Incubation (Noun)
Meaning 1
Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear.
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.