incubation time

collocation in English

meaningsofincubationandtime

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incubation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪŋ.kjəˈbeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪŋ.kjəˈbeɪ.ʃən/
the process in which a bird, etc. keeps its eggs warm until the young come out, or the process in which an egg develops until the stage at which the young ...
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time
noun
uk
/taɪm/
us
/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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This method actually calls for a one-half hourincubationtime.
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Numbers below each lane indicate theincubationtimein hours.
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Numbers below each lane indicate theincubationtimein minutes.
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There were 6 replicate incubation assays for each drug at eachincubationtime.
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Comparable labeling in neonates required twice thatincubationtime.
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Therefore, theincubationtimeof 5 min was used for the following experiments.
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Incubationtime(30, 60 or 120 min) was not significant for either pattern.
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During the longincubationtimecare must be taken to avoid fungal contamination.
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Linkage of prion protein and scrapieincubationtimegenes.
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Manipulation ofincubationtime, water potential and temperature conditions did not lead to an induction of desiccation tolerance in these 4 mm radicles (data not shown).
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The arrest process occurs gradually, with greater amounts of chromosome condensation becoming evident as theincubationtimein nocodazole is increased.
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Since the cellular effects of the ionophore are dynamic, blastocyst assessment is possible using a strictly controlledincubationtime.
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Because seeds started imbibition at the beginning of the washing, the washing time was added to theincubationtimefor the calculation of t50.
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Theincubationtimefor the extension step was set to be sufficient for a 0.4 kb fragment but not for a 5.1 kb fragment.
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Incubationtimeand conditions as well as cell counts and harvesting of supernatants were as described above.
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As discussed earlier, these differences would likely have been 2-4 fold higher had a half-hour respirationincubationtimebeen used.
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