sperm capacitation. acquisition of the capacity to penetrate an ovum, not present at the time of delivery of the spermatozoon, and which requires a period of incubation in the female tract. It involves increased metabolic activity and motility and the removal of a chemical decapacitation factor from the spermatozoon.
Exhibition marks 40 years of Rubik's Cube. 3. Solve the white corners. With the white cross on the top face, you must then solve the white corner pieces. Corner pieces will have one white side plus two other colours. 4. Solve the middle layer, so the bottom two layers of your cube match in colour.5. Solve the top layer. The first stage of this step is to try and get a yellow cross on the top face of your cube. Next, you should try and get all the yellow on the top face. 6. Position the yellow corners correctly.xhibition marks 40 years of Rubik's Cube. 3. Solve the white corners. With the white cross on the top face, you must then solve the white corner pieces. Corner pieces will have one white side plus two other colours. 4. Solve the middle layer, so the bottom two layers of your cube match in colour.
cross the Rubicon. Also found in: Dictionary. cross the Rubicon. Fig. to do something that inevitably commits one to following a certain course of action. (Alludes to the crossing of the River Rubicon by Julius Caesar with his army, which involved him in a civil war in B.C. 49.) Jane crossed the Rubicon by signing the contract.