hautuminen
Hautuminen is a Finnish noun that denotes the process of incubation or hatching. It is used primarily in biological contexts to describe how eggs develop and reach the stage where an embryo emerges.
In avian and other egg-laying organisms, hautuminen refers to the period during which eggs are kept under
In medical and veterinary contexts, hautuminen is also used to describe the incubation period of a disease
Hautuminen can be used in a figurative sense to describe something developing gradually over time, such as