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What is an incubator?

What is an incubator? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
  5. (business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
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A baby is placed inside a clear acrylic box, resembling an incubator, which creates an airtight seal around its chest.
Consisting of grassy islands, swampy stretches and mangrove-covered banks, the estuary was an incubator for aquatic life.
After our ultimately disastrous first attempt at using our incubator this is just the ticket.
His secondary goal was to use the area as an incubator for business generation.
Prior to pupal emergence, brood combs were placed in an incubator and newly emerged workers were paint-marked on the thorax.
Kaitya walked up to the incubator and stared at the almost completely developed child within.

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