incubator

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Noun

incubator (plural incubators)

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

Related terms

• incubate
• incubation
• incubative

Translations

chemistry: apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction

French: incubateur (fr) m. Romanian: incubator (ro) n., incubatoare (ro) n. pl.

Russian: инкубатор (ru) (inkubátor) m.

apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby

Afrikaans: broeikas (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 保育器 (zh) (bǎoyùqì), 育嬰箱 (zh), 育婴箱 (zh) (yùyīngxiāng) Czech: inkubátor (cs) m. French: incubateur (fr) m. German: Inkubator (de) m., Brutkasten (de) m.

Italian: incubatrice (it) f. Japanese: 保育器 (ja) (hoikuki), インキュベーター (ja) (inkyubētā) Portuguese: incubadora (pt) f. Romanian: incubator (ro) n. Russian: инкубатор (ru) (inkubátor) m. Sotho: seqhotsisi (st)

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

Afrikaans: broeikas (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 孵化器 (zh) (fūhuàqì) French: incubateur (fr) m. German: Brutkasten (de) m.

Japanese: 孵卵器 (ja) (furanki) Romanian: incubator (ro) n. Russian: инкубатор (ru) (inkubátor) m. Sotho: seqhotsisi (st)

place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature

Chinese: Mandarin: 恆溫器 (zh), 恒温器 (zh) (héngwēnqì) French: incubateur (fr) m.

Japanese: 定温器 (ja) (teionki) Romanian: incubator (ro) n.