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Word: Incubation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin incubatio(n-) ‘brooding’, from the verb incubare (see incubate)
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɪŋkjʊˈbeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the process of incubating eggs, cells, bacteria, a disease, etc.
Short Definition:process of incubating eggs, cells, bacteria, disease
Examples:- the chick hatches after a month's incubation
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