incubation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
Types & categories
- care hypernym
Related & opposite
- incubate derivation
Sense 2 noun
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Parts & wholes
- infection part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Types & categories
- parturition hypernym
Related & opposite
- incubate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | care |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | pathology |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | infection |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incubate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | parturition |