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Definition of: incubation
(in′kyə·bā′shən, ing′-) noun
1. The act of hatching.
2. State of being hatched.
3. A planning or producing.
4. Figuratively, a brooding upon, especially that of the Spirit of God over chaos at the Creation (Gen. i 2).
5. Med. The period between the time of exposure to an infectious disease and its development. [<L incubatio, -onis]
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