English-Spanish translations for incubation

• incubación
  No tenemos ni idea de cuánto dura el período de incubación. We have no idea how long the incubation period is.
  Los períodos de incubación varían, al decir de los estudiosos, entre los 20 y los 50 años. Periods of incubation vary, according to the academics, from 20 to 50 years.
  Habida cuenta del período de incubación de la enfermedad, aún no se advierten del todo las consecuencias de esta medida. Given the incubation period of this disease the impact of this measure is not yet fully apparent.

Definition of incubation

• Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process
• A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction
• Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing

Related words

• incubator
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