Science Crossword Puzzle
August 5, 2012

2012 Crosswords Archive

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Science Crossword Puzzle for August 5, 2012 -  RF Cafe
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1. Logarithmic unit of ratio

8. Part of a gyroscope that facilitates free movement of the reference sphere (pl.)

14. Solid of rotation whose sides are the hypoteneuse of a right triangle (pl.0

15. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)

17. Graph

19. Microprocessor vendor

22. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

24. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.)

25. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (abbr.)

26. Imaging device (abbr.)

28. Network department (abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

30. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

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

34. LCD display vendor

37. Keyboard key

39. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

41. Securing device

42. Start frequency (abbr.)

43. Brightest star in the Aquila constellation

44. Ferrous material that exerts a type of force-at-a-ditance on similar materials

45. Positive electrode

46. Chemical symbol for gallium

48. Change connector type

50. The "C" in BCD

53. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

54. Opposite of O.D.

55. High speed data over telephone lines (abbr.)

56. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

58. Unit of length (abbr.)

59. Powers pneumatic devices

60. One port of an amplifier

61. Online service

63. 30 GHz to 300 GHz

66. A common battery cell size

68. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

69. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

71. Logarithmic unit of power

73. Chemical symbol for cesium

74. Amateur Radio activity in June to practice emergency communications (2 wds.)

75. Goes through the process of planned creation

2. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

3. Chemical symbol for cobalt

4. Mate a plug to a jack

5. Chemical symbol for beryllium

6. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

7. Device which converts mechanical energy, into alternating current

9. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

10. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

11. Plate or vane used to direct or control movement of fluid or air within confined area

12. Chemical symbol for argon

13. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

15. Army-Navy specification prefix

16. European equivalent to the U.L.

18. A measure of stability in an amplifier (2 wds.)

19. Network department (abbr.)

20. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

21. Tuning step

23. Chemical symbol for cesium

27. Centimeter (abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for lutetium

32. PC follower

35. Archaic term for an outdoor antenna

36. Remove heat by shedding burned material

37. Impurity in a semiconductor

38. Greek letter used for wavelength

40. Chemical symbol for chlorine

42. Chemical symbol for iron

47. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

48. Graphics workshop software

49. High speed data over telephone lines (abbr.)

51. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

52. Constellation : The dragon

53. Chemical symbol for lithium

57. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

58. Small unit of capacitance (abbr.)

61. Ticker symbol for Analog Devices

62. Software drafting tool (abbr.)

64. Chemical symbol for holmium

65. Logarithmic unit of voltage (abbr.)

67. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)

69. Chemical symbol for cadmium

70. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

71. Morse Code for "from"

72. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.


See solution below

Science Crossword Puzzle Solution for August 5, 2012 - RF Cafe