An incubator is anything that performs or facilitates various forms of incubation, and may refer to:
Biology and medicine Incubator (culture), a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures Incubator (egg), a device for maintaining the eggs of birds, reptiles, or fish to allow them to hatch Incubator (neonatal), a device used to care for premature babies in a neonatal intensive-care unit
Arts and entertainment "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 TV series Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Other uses Business incubator, a company that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space Apache Incubator, a gateway for open source projects under the Apache Software Foundation Wikimedia Incubator, a wiki project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation Cocoa butter incubator, a device used in chocolate production to maintain cocoa butter at a precise temperature for the formation of stable beta crystals during the "silk" tempering method
See also Incubation (disambiguation)