incubation

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Synonyms: intubation, incitation, inchoation, inculpation, excubation, insulation, incubator, inoculation, incavation, inhumation, induration

Antonyms: intubation, incitation, inchoation, inculpation, excubation, insulation, incubator, inoculation, incavation, inhumation, induration

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Noun

1. Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
2. {{lb|en|pathology}} The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
3. {{lb|en|chemistry}} A period of little [[reaction]] which is followed by more rapid reaction.
4. {{lb|en|psychology}} One of the four proposed stages of [[creativity]] (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the [[unconscious]] [[recombination]] of [[thought]] [[element]]s that were stimulated through [[conscious]] work at one point in time, resulting in [[novel]] ideas at a later point.
5. [[sleep|Sleeping]] in a [[temple]] or other holy place in order to have [[oracular]] [[dream]]s or to receive [[healing]].

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