Science Crossword Puzzle
May 13, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Sceice Crossword Puzzle for 5/13/2012 - RF Cafe DOWN

1. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

2. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

3. Common average used for sinewaves (abbr.)

4. Galilean moon

5. The "E" in FET

7. First-in, first-out, abbr.

8. One type of electron spin

9. Word used in describing 2-D and 3-D object dimensions

10. Bandwidth (abbr.)

11. Describes a lens able to focus all wavelengths to the same point (pl.)

13. Chemical symbol for neon

15. ______ Devices, IC manufacturer headquartered in Norwood, MA

17. Defense contractor (2 wds.)

18. SIP x 2 (pl.)

22. Powerful celestial radio source

28. Direction of carbon fiber strands

29. The process by which a body moves back and forth through a central neutral position

34. Groupings of antennas

35. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

40. Positive electrodes

42. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)

44. In geometry, what kind of an angle has more than 90 degrees, but less than 180

49. Termination

51. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

52. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)

53. Chemical symbol for chlorine

54. Ratio of circumference to diameter

57. Specialized mobile radio (abbr.)

59. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)

60. Chemical symbol for thallium

61. JavaScript (abbr.)

ACROSS

ACROSS

1. Effect caused by a nonlinearity

6. __ Cafe, the world's best engineering website

8. Upper Sideband (abbr.)

10. Filter type (abbr.)

12. Indium phosphide abbreviation

14. Rotate about the vertical axis

16. RF ____, the world's best engineering website

18. Morse Code for "from"

19. Chemical symbol for nobelium

20. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

21. Type of flip-flop

23. Curly-Q type light bulb (abbr.)

24. Chemical symbol for platinum

25. Isolator or circulator ferrous component

26. Unit for 1,000,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)

27. Control language used by Hewlett Packard printers, abbr.

30. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.)

31. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

32. Time delay (abbr.)

33. Online auction site

35. Vacuum tube element

36. Opposite of a LO

37. Early computer display screen recolution (abbr.)38. Microwaves & RF magazine (abbr.)

39. International phonetic alphabet letter "P"

41. Chemical symbol for aluminum

43. Straight line emanating from a point source (pl.)

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

45. One port of an amplifier

46. Network department (abbr.)

47. Nickname given to a satellite

48. One port of an amplifier

50. Chemical symbol for tantalum

51. BASIC program command

52. A keyboard key

54. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

55. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

56. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

58. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

62. S11 and S22, for example (2 wds.)


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Sceice Crossword Puzzle Solution for 5/13/2012 - RF Cafe