Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to incubation or the period of incubation; of the nature of incubation; in pathology, relating to the period during which a disease is supposed to be hatching in the system before manifesting itself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
incubation .
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Examples
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That the so-called incubative period is very definite and regular, being just a fortnight from infection to eruption.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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Mania is usually preceded by an incubative period in which the patient's general health is affected.
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In addition to his research, teaching, and writing, Edwards is the co-founder of Le Laboratoire (lelaboratoire. org), which he describes as a "small, incubative" space for experiments peopled by "artists and designers at the frontiers of science."
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