INCUBATION

incubation. Incubation, n. the act of sitting upon eggs

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In′cu‐ba″tion (?), n. [[L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.]] 1. 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray.
2. 2. (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
3. 3. A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. Tylor.
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), the period which elapses between exposure to the causes of a disease and the attack resulting from it; the time of development of the supposed germs or spores.