An incubator is anything that performs or facilitates various forms of incubation, and may refer to:
Biology and medicine
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Incubator (culture)
An incubator is a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures. The incubator maintains optimal temperature, humidity and other conditions such as the CO2 and oxygen content of the atmosphere inside. Incubators are e ...
, a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures
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Incubator (egg)
An incubator is a device simulating avian incubation by keeping egg (biology), eggs warm at a particular temperature range and in the correct humidity with a turning mechanism to hatch them.
The common names of the incubator in other terms inclu ...
, a device for maintaining the eggs of birds or reptiles to allow them to hatch
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Incubator (neonatal)
A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or Preterm birth, premature newborn infants. The NICU is divided into several areas, including ...
, a device used to care for premature babies in a neonatal intensive-care unit
Arts and entertainment
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"Incubator" (''Farscape'' episode), a 2001 episode of the American TV series
* "Incubator", a song by the Israeli rock band, HaClique, in their 1981 album, ''
Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel
''Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel'' (, ''Mother I Do Not Want to Be Weaned'') is a 1981 album by Israeli rock band HaClique
HaClique (; Eng: The Clique; lit. Haklik; AKA: The Click/HaClick) were an Israeli New wave music, new wave band, founded in 1 ...
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Kyubey
is the main antagonist of the 2011 anime series ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' and its 2013 sequel '' The Rebellion Story''. They are a "messenger of magic" that can grant any wish to a certain girl, on the condition that she become a magical g ...
's true identity in the anime TV series ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica''
Other uses
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Business incubator
A business incubator is an organization that helps startup companies and individual entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by providing a fullscale range of services, starting with management training and office space, and ending with venture ...
, a company that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space
* Apache Incubator, a gateway for open source projects under the Apache Software Foundation
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Wikimedia Incubator
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. It is the host of Wikipedia, the eighth most visited website ...
, a wiki project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation
See also
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Incubation (disambiguation)
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