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| October 18, 2009 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle |
Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution
is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.
2009 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles
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| ACROSS 1. Part of a male connector 2. Antenna gain unit (abbr.) 4. Part of this website's title 5. Unit of resistance 8. Chemical symbol for radium 10. Army-Navy specification (abbr.) 11. Sent a message via Morse Code 12. Chemical symbol for tin 14. 1/000 of an amp 16. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.) 18. Chemical symbol for cobalt 19. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.) 21. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (abbr.) 23. Custom RF telecom solutions providers in Corona, CA 24. Peak Envelope Power (abbr.) 25. Company that leases lab equipment, in Lake Mary, FL (abbr.) 26. Chemical symbol for cesium 28. Adjust a pot 30. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.) 31. Modulation type (abbr.) 32. Diode type used as a voltage regulator 33. Galilean moon 34. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.) 36. Unit of typing speed (abbr.) 37. Image 40. Joins a male and a female connector 43. Small representative graphic 44. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.) 45. International phonetic alphabet letter "L" 48. Automatic Packet Position Reporting System (abbr.) 52. A coherent monochrome light source 53. Structure of columns and rows 55. Gallium nitride chemical symbol 56. Heatsink feature 58. Integrated circuit (abbr.) 59. Compliment to a zero in a transfer function (pl.) 62. One component of a complex number (abbr.) 63. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo 64. The "As" in GaAs 66. Chemical symbol for polonium 67. Unit of time (abbr.) 68. Colorado resort town 70. Current summing point (pl.) 75. 1e-6 mA 76. Greek letter used for frequency 78. Analog + _______, IC vendor in Norwood, MA 81. Chemical symbol for manganese 82. Chemical symbol for erbium 83. _____ + Microwave, waveguide products vendor in West Palm Beach, FL 84. Chemical symbol for selenium 85. Local Oscillator (abbr.) 87. Antenna (abbr.) 88. Chemical symbol for nickel 89. Negation prefix 90. Wire diameter unit (abbr.) | DOWN 1. Unit of capacitance (abbr.) 3. Infrared (abbr.) 4. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.) 5. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.) 6. Its chemical symbol is H 7. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc. 9. Amplifier Solutions Corporation (abbr.) 10. ________ Microwave Corporation (ASC), in Frederick, MD 13. Noise source and measurement company in Parsippany, NJ 15. Bipolar Field-Effect Transistor 17. Crystal surfaces 19. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.) 20. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.) 21. A "1" or a "0" 22. A keyboard key 27. Internet mail protocol (abbr.) 28. Output winding of a transformer (pl.) 29. Device used to provide a complex conjugate impedance match to the end of a transmission line (pl.) 30. End of a soldering iron (pl.) 35. Type of distribution, squared 36. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flowes over the surface 38. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.) 39. Part of a FOR loop 41. Chemical symbol for silver 42. Chemical symbol for terbium 45. Computer communication scheme (abbr.) 46. Network department (abbr.) 47. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc. 49. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.) 50. Chemical symbol for rubidium 51. Below ELF 52. Tie a bundle of wires together 54. Antenna radiated power measurement (abbr.) 55. RF connector & cable manufacturer located in Suwon, Korea 57. Rubber type 59. Chemical symbol for zirconium 60. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.) 61. Half of a DIP 64. Chemical symbol for arsenic 65. European equivalent to the U.L. 67. The cell band above DCN 69. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.) 71. Opposite of I.D. 72. Keyboard key 73. Electronic Variable Optical Attenuator (abbr.) 74. One bit of a real number 75. Unit of time (abbr.) 77. Internet address (abbr.) 79. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane 80. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 81. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.) 86. Switch position 88. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.) |
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