| incubation | |
| 1. n. Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process. | |
| 2. n. (pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development. | |
| 3. n. (chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction. | |
| 4. n. (psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through con | |
| 5. n. Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams. | |
