Definitions for incubation

incubation in·cu·ba·tion

Spelling: [in-kyuh-bey-shuh n, ing-]
IPA: /ˌɪn kyəˈbeɪ ʃən, ˌɪŋ-/

Incubation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 358 anagrams from letters in incubation (abciinnotu).

Definitions for incubation

noun

  1. the act or process of incubating.
  2. the state of being incubated.
  3. incubation period.

Origin of incubation

First recorded in 1605-15, incubation is from the Latin word incubātiōn- (stem of incubātiō). See incubate, -ion

Examples for incubation

This constitutes what is known as the incubation period, and lasts about ten days.

I found the general period of incubation from five to six weeks.

How long this project may have been in incubation in his mind, we do not know.

Most cases of Ebola occur after a brief one- to three-day incubation period.

Of course, there are real rules to Ebola, and they have to do with incubation periods, bodily fluids, and other scientific facts.

Given the incubation period of the virus, we should know by the end of the week.

And Sherriff and baby Agnes had passed the 21 days incubation period, proving they had not contracted Ebola.

Apparently at this stage of incubation the spheres were harmless.

He replaced the block in the incubation oven and faced the day cheerfully.

The male of Leptocoma zeylanica is said to assist in incubation.

Word Value for incubation
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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