An Incubator

1. (chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
2. (medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
3. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
4. A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
5. (business) A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies. quotations ▼

(apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby): brooder

(apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs): brooder