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| February 15, 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. Lowest operational frequency of a waveguide 6. a control input to a counter 11. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial 12. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere 14. Unit of weight, pl. 16. Cathode Ray Tube 17. Chemical symbol for rhodium 18. RF connector type 19. Chemical symbol for cobalt 20. Connector vendor 22. The "S" in SOIC 23. Unit of time, abbr. 24. The "L" in VLF 25. A common battery cell size 27. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 28. Band between RF and BB 30. Antenna radiated power measurement, abbr. 32. Retain a charge 34. Chemical symbol for neon 35. Constellation : The scales 36. Applied Computational Sciences, abbr. 38. Digital encoding of the transmission mode in the vertical sync portion of an SSTV image, abbr. 39. European equivalent to the U.L. 41. Amateur Radio Emergency Service 42. Open a fuse 44. Chemical symbol for palladium 45. Common average used for sinewaves, abbr. 47. Applied Computational Sciences, abbr. 48. SIgnal to Noise And Distortion 49. Chemical symbol for nobelium 50. RF/microwave software vendor 52. Circuit path with very high or infinite impedance 53. Electrical safety organization, abbr. 54. Coefficient of temperature, abbr. 55. Compact Fluorescent Light 58. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type) 59. 30 kHz to 300 kHz 61. A major search engine 62. Uppermost surface, pl. 64. Chemical symbol for beryllium 65. Imaging device, abbr. 66. 1.602E-19 Joules 67. Wireless application protocol 68. Basic element 69. Government program to bring electricity to farms, abbr. 71. Semiconductor lamps 72. Connector supplier 73. Aircraft tracking systems | DOWN 1. Material used in the center of an inductor coil 2. The "U" in UHF 3. Test equipment, abbr. 4. Femtohenry, abbr. 5. Aircraft bulkheads 6. A simple machine 7. Web page language 8. Charged particles 9. Low- to mid- frequency connector 10. Network department, abbr. 11. Substrate for mounting component, abbr., pl. 13. Angular distance between one event and another in a regularly recurring cycle 15. Filter type that rejects high frequencies 19. Make an adjustment to misalignment 21. One state of matter 24. Constellation : The scales 26. Amateur Television 29. Chemical symbol for iron 30. Electronics Industry Association 31. Occlusion of one heavenly body by another 33. Lubricant 36. Soaks up RF energy 37. Type of optical network 39. Chemical symbol for cadmium 40. Short Message Service 43. Computer communication scheme 44. In geometry what is any plane figure having three or more straight sides 45. Extract information from a modulated signal 46. System On Chip 49. Greek letter used for frequency 50. Ethoxyethane 51. Fast Fourier Transform 56. One cutoff frequency specification for a bandpass filter 57. Million samples per second 59. Specialty connector manufacturer 60. Frequency Division Multiple Access 63. Attenuator, pl. 65. Resistor vendor in Berne, IN 68. Chemical symbol for arsenic 70. A common battery cell size 71. Chemical symbol for lanthanum |
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