Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

January 16, 2011

2011 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle, 1/16/2011

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1. Online venue for posting comments & reading replies (pl.)

4. Mathematics of angles

7. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

9. Chemical symbol for erbium

10. Type of flip-flop

11. Moon of Saturn discovered in 1672

13. 300 Hz to 3 kHz

15. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver's circuitry

18. Energy possessed by a body in motion

21. Binary star system nearest to earth

24. Chemical symbol for nobelium

25. Chemical symbol for plutonium

26. Aerodynamic opposition to thrust

30. Part of a FOR loop

31. Describes the action of cleaving a crystal plane

33. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

34. Miniature threaded RF connector

35. Color quality

38. An abbreviation for "receiver"

40. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)

41. Heat-resistant glass type

43. Physicist after whom a law describing the direction of EMF and current resulting from induction is named

46. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

47. Used lubricant

49. Multiprotocol Label Switching (abbr.)

50. Workplace safety group (abbr.)

52. Chemical symbol for aluminum

54. Finite-Element Model

56. Type of component package (abbr.)

57. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

58. Used to remove oxidation during soldering

60. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

62. Internet protocol (abbr.)

65. One port of an amplifier

66. Decimeter (abbr.)

68. Chemical symbol for nickel

69. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)

70. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

71. Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

72. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

74. Inventor of the pre-quantum atomic model

76. Image file format name extension (pl.)

79. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

80. He, along with Mr. Savart, developed a law that describes a magnetic field generated by an electric current

81. Chemical symbol for silicon

82. Ham's code for "Are you busy?"

85. Chemical symbol for tantalum

86. Vector multiplication that returns a scalar value (pl.)

87. The cell band above DCN

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1. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

2. Method of connecting redundant power supplies

3. Stack command

4. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

5. Quickly changing portion of waveform

6. The rotating part of a motor

7. Cog

8. 10^1 numerical prefix

12. Moving air

14. Unit of length (abbr.)

16. An angle that has less than 90 degrees

17. Last statement in a BASIC program

19. Logical gate type (pl.)

20. Infrared (abbr.)

22. The property of matter by which it continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an external force

23. Applying too large of a signal

27. Stock symbol for Advanced Micro Devices

28. Chemical symbol for gallium

29. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation

32. Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)

36. Unit of time (abbr.)

37. Next to

39. Ham's code for "Station is leaving the net."

41. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

42. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

44. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)

45. Counter ElectroMotive Force (abbr.)

46. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

48. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

50. Greek letter

51. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

53. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

55. Bushing used to direct the path of a pushrod

59. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

60. Substrate onto which components are mounted (abbr.)

61. Adjustment dial

63. Unit of time (abbr.)

64. A series of numbers where there are as many numbers above it as below it in the series

66. Direct Digital Synthesis (abbr.)

67. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

71. The "D" in RFID (pl.)

73. Encased in a protective covering

75. Opposite of a LO

77. Network department (abbr.)

78. Total radiated power (abbr.)

82. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

83. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

84. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

85. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)


See solution below

RF Cafe - Science & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution, 1/16/2011