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incubation [‚iŋ·kyə′bā·shən] (chemistry) Maintenance of chemical mixtures at specified temperatures for varying time periods to study chemical reactions, such as enzyme activity. (medicine) The phase of an infectious disease process between infection by the pathogen and appearance of symptoms. (vertebrate zoology) The act or process of brooding. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Each adult Martian female brings forth about thirteen eggs each year, and those which meet the size, weight, and specific gravity tests are hidden in the recesses of some subterranean vault where the temperature is too low for incubation. To this end I bent my intellect, and, after a week of profound incubation, I hatched the scheme. Will saw clearly enough the pitiable instances of long incubation producing no chick, and but for gratitude would have laughed at Casaubon, whose plodding application, rows of note-books, and small taper of learned theory exploring the tossed ruins of the world, seemed to enforce a moral entirely encouraging to Will's generous reliance on the intentions of the universe with regard to himself. |
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