"incubation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incubation.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-incubation.wav [US] Forms: incubations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin incubātiō, from incubō (“to lie on”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|incubātiō}} Latin incubātiō, {{m|la|incubō|t=to lie on}} incubō (“to lie on”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} incubation (countable and uncountable, plural incubations)
  1. Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young): حِضَانَة (ḥiḍāna) (Arabic), تَفْرِيخ (tafrīḵ) (Arabic), উমনি (umoni) (Assamese), мътене (mǎtene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), incubació [feminine] (Catalan), covament [masculine] (Catalan), 孵化 (fūhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), hautominen (Finnish), incubación [feminine] (Galician), Bebrütung [feminine] (German), επώαση (epóasi) [feminine] (Greek), kotlás (Hungarian), költés (Hungarian), keltetés (note: as a machine-assisted procedure) (Hungarian), gor [masculine] (Irish), 孵化 (fuka) (alt: ふか) (Japanese), ruging [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ruging [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), выси́живание (vysíživanije) [neuter] (Russian), инкуба́ция (inkubácija) [feminine] (Russian), incubación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incubation-en-noun--uf0xuJm Disambiguation of 'sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young': 74 1 5 11 8
  2. (pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation): itäminen (Finnish), incubation [feminine] (French), Inkubation [feminine] (German), επώαση (epóasi) [feminine] (Greek), lappangás (Hungarian), lappangási idő (Hungarian), incubazione (Italian), インキュベーション (inkyubēshon) (Japanese), inkubasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), inkubasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), incubação (Portuguese), incubație [feminine] (Romanian), инкуба́ция (inkubácija) [feminine] (Russian), incubación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incubation-en-noun-fVoOHa41 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation': 5 77 8 8 3
  3. (chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-incubation-en-noun-FpFJANmE Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-incubation-en-noun-irgYMhHI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 4 17 36 22 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  5. Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams): εγκοίμηση (egkoímisi) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-incubation-en-noun-yuQOSeyn Disambiguation of 'sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams': 24 2 7 18 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incubation period Related terms: incubate, incubative, incubator

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-incubation.wav Forms: incubations [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} incubation f (plural incubations)
  1. incubation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-incubation-fr-noun-cfB~fuj0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Interlingua]

Forms: incubationes [plural]
Head templates: {{head|ia|nouns|||plural|incubationes|f2accel-form=p|head=}} incubation (plural incubationes), {{ia-noun|es}} incubation (plural incubationes)
  1. incubation
    Sense id: en-incubation-ia-noun-cfB~fuj0 Categories (other): Interlingua entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for incubation meaning in All languages combined (13.8kB)

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