incubator

English

Etymology

From incubate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪn.kjuːˈbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

incubator (plural incubators)

(chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
(business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
- 2006, Philip N. Cooke, Creative Industries in Wales: Potential and Pitfalls (page 34)
  So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant? This gets to the heart of the institutional support problem in Wales.

Synonyms

(apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby): brooder
(apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs): brooder

Related terms

Translations

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

French: incubateur (fr) m
Hungarian: inkubátor
Ladino: klochkal, enkübatör

Portuguese: incubadora f
Romanian: incubator (ro) n, incubatoare n pl
Russian: инкуба́тор (ru) m (inkubátor)

apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby

Afrikaans: broeikas
Bulgarian: кувьоз m (kuvjoz)
Catalan: incubadora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保育器 (bǎoyùqì), 育嬰箱, 育婴箱 (yùyīngxiāng)
Czech: inkubátor (cs) m
Finnish: keskoskaappi (fi), inkubaattori
French: incubateur (fr) m, couveuse (fr) f
Galician: incubadora f
German: Brutkasten (de) m, (scientific:) Inkubator (de) m
Hungarian: inkubátor

Italian: incubatrice (it) f
Japanese: 保育器 (hoikuki), インキュベーター (inkyubētā)
Ladino: kuvöz, klochkal, enkübatör, encovadera
Portuguese: incubadora f
Romanian: incubator (ro) n
Russian: инкуба́тор (ru) m (inkubátor)
Sotho: seqhotsisi
Spanish: incubadora (es) f
Tagalog: limliman
Turkish: kuvöz (tr)

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

Afrikaans: broeikas
Bulgarian: инкубатор (bg) m (inkubator)
Catalan: incubadora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 孵化器 (zh) (fūhuàqì)
Finnish: hautomakone
French: couveuse (fr) f
Galician: incubadora f
German: Brutkasten (de) m

Hungarian: keltető, keltetőszekrény, keltetőgép (hu), tojáskeltető, inkubátor
Japanese: 孵化器 (ふかき, fukaki), 孵卵器 (ja) (ふらんき, furanki)
Ladino: klochkal
Portuguese: incubadora f, incubadeira f, chocadeira (pt) f
Romanian: incubator (ro) n
Russian: инкуба́тор (ru) m (inkubátor)
Sotho: seqhotsisi
Spanish: incubadora (es) f
Tagalog: pamisaan

place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature

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

Hungarian: inkubátor, termosztát, csíráztató, csíráztatókamra
Japanese: 定温器 (teionki)
Ladino: klochkal, encovadera
Romanian: incubator (ro) n

support program for entrepreneurial companies

Bulgarian: инкубатор (bg) m (inkubator)
Finnish: hautomo (fi)
French: incubateur (fr) m

Hungarian: inkubátor, keltető
Spanish: incubadora (es) f
Swedish: inkubator (sv) c, företagskuvös c

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