Incubator

An incubator is anything that performs or facilitates various forms of incubation. It may also refer to:

  • Incubator (culture), a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures
  • Incubator (egg), a device for maintaining the eggs of birds or reptiles to allow them to hatch
  • Incubator (neonatal), a device used to care for premature babies in a neonatal intensive-care unit
  • "Incubator" (Farscape episode), a 2001 episode of the American TV series
  • "Incubator", a song by the Israeli rock band, HaClique, in their 1981 album, Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel
  • "Incubator", Kyubey's true identity in the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica
  • Apache Incubator, a gateway for open source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects
  • Business incubator, for startup businesses