incubator An equipment providing a closed controllable environment in which optimum conditions may be established for the nutrition, growth and preservation of organisms, whether bacterial or human. Incubators are used to culture bacteria and to promote the survival of premature babies. inÂ·cuÂ·baÂ·tor (in'kyÅ«-bÄ-tÅr)
Definitions for plate tectonic theory. tectonics, plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory(noun) the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust. Chaldean Numerology. The numerical value of plate tectonic theory in Chaldean Numerology is: 5.
Plate Tectonics is a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the asthenosphere. Continental Drift, however, is a theory developed by Alfred Wager who suggested that in the past, there was a super continent called Pangaea.