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.
The plate tectonics theory is a combination of two other theories: continental drift and sea-floor spreading. Alfred Weneger, a German meteorologist, first hypothesized about continental drift in 1912.