incubator

[US]/'ɪŋkjʊbeɪtə/
[UK]/'ɪŋkjubetɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. incubator (a temperature-controlled enclosure for premature infants)

Phrases & Collocations

biological incubator

egg incubator

hospital incubator

startup incubator

Example Sentences

the college campus as an incubator of radical new sociological concepts.

Methods:The temperature of 42 neonates in the incubators was measured at their axillar,back,waist,buttock and rectum at the same time,then the results were compared.

This kind of Incubator can be equipped selectively according with user: double walls hood, motorize cabinet etc; it also can change some technical date properly according with the standard.

This kind of Incubator can be equipped selectively according with user: motorize cabinet, neonate phototherapy unit etc, it also can change some technical data properly according with the standard.

The startup received funding from an incubator.

The hospital has a neonatal incubator for premature babies.

The incubator helped nurture the growth of many successful businesses.

She kept the eggs in an incubator to hatch them.

The university has an innovation incubator for student projects.

The startup company is part of a technology incubator program.

The government is investing in incubator programs to support entrepreneurship.

The incubator provides resources and mentorship to help startups succeed.

The eggs need to be kept at a constant temperature in the incubator.

The incubator space is designed to foster collaboration among entrepreneurs.

Real-world Examples

So having an incubator really does tend to build companies where the incubator is located.

Source: VOA Standard English_Life

Ours doesn't need an immune system because it lives in a stateoftheart German incubator.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

She has already outgrown her incubator and is piling on the pounds.

Source: The mysteries of the Earth

This way, the surrogate wouldn't be some impersonal incubator. There'd be a family tie.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

We became known as a dream incubator.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

Look, look... here I am standing next to the incubator.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

You, uh, work with an incubator?

Source: American TV series Person of Interest Season 4

Its insulating properties also make it an excellent incubator.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

London was becoming the incubator of the modern world through new patterns in industry, trade, and social mobility.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Research is mixed on whether incubators actually make companies more likely to succeed.

Source: VOA Standard English_Life

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