Definition of Incubating

1. Verb. (present participle of incubate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incubating

1. incubate [v] - See also: incubate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incubating

incrust
incrustation
incrustations
incrusted
incrusted cystitis
incrusting
incrustment
incrustments
incrusts
incrystallizable
incuba
incubae
incubate
incubated
incubates
incubating (current term)
incubation
incubation period
incubation time
incubations
incubative
incubative stage
incubator
incubators
incubatory
incubatory carrier
incubi
incubiture
incubous

Literary usage of Incubating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Bacteriology: A Practical Manual for Students and Physicians by Alexander Crever Abbott (1921)
"The incubating Oven—The Safety Burner Employed in Heating the Incubator—Thermo-regulator—Gas-pressure Regulator. THE INCUBATOR. WHEN the plates have been ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"A Symptom of the incubating Stage of Pertussis.—ILI.OWAY (Pediatrics, January li>, 1899, p. 6'V) lias carefully observed two cases of pertussis from their ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"0160 Refrigerating and heating appliances ; incubating apparatus. 0170 Models and drawings ; graphic processes. Radiography. (See alto 0210, 0220, 0230. ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Nest in trees ; the male feeding the incubating female ; Monogamy. Order analogous to the Primates. Piece. ..."

5. Electric Heating by Edgar Andrew Wilcox (1916)
"Although artificial incubating and brooding has been practiced for many years in Europe, Asia, and the United States, the latter country has been most ..."

6. Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland by William S. Thomas (1913)
"Frequently the wind blew the spray all over us, and by the time we reached the return tide on the other side I was greatly exhausted Sea Parrot incubating ..."

7. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... (though not absolute proof) for believing that the male continues to work on the "mock" nests while his mate is actually engaged in incubating the eggs. ..."

8. On Intermittent Fever and Other Malarious Diseases by Israel Shipman Pelton Lord (1871)
"In this case the malaria has been incubating a long time and developed day before yesterday from the spinal side. To-day we have it developed from both ..."

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