Physics & Engineering Crossword Puzzle
October 6, 2013

2013 Crosswords Archive

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Physics & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for October 6, 2013 - RF Cafe

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1. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

3. "Texting" (abbr.)

5. RF connector type

7. Write software

10. Time taken for one complete oscillation of a vibrating object

14. Other part of this website's name

16. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

18. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (abbr.)

19. Positive voltage lead color

21. Short waveform excursion from a reference state

24. Network department (abbr.)

26. A common battery cell size

27. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.)

29. Small DIP package (abbr.)

30. Unit of length (abbr.)

31. Chemical symbol for lithium

34. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

36. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

37. Mr. Morse's invention

41. Name of the first series in the spectrum of hydrogen

44. Device used to make contact with a point to be measured

45. Type of analysis that uses approximation techniques for solving mathematical problems

47. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

48. Transformer interwinding connection

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

51. Chemical symbol for lutetium

52. Part of a screw that engages the driver

55. Type of data conversion device (abbr.)

57. Time delay (abbr.)

59. Chemical symbol for tin

60. The highest numerical exponent describes this property of a polynomial

62. Singulated piece of IC wafer

64. Move in a raster pattern

65. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

67. Mate to a bolt (pl.)

70. Energy at rest

71. Prevent the direct physical transfer of signals from one point to another

73. Finite Element Analysis (abbr.)

74. Communication between stations by reflecting the radio waves off of the ionosphere

75. Unit of time (abbr.)

1. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

2. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

3. Miniature threaded RF connector

4. The scalar component of velocity

5. Ringed doughnut shape of many inductor cores

6. Chemical symbol for neodymium

8. Discoverer of Jupiter's moons

9. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)

11. Part of this website's title

12. Input intercept point (abbr.)

13. _____-wise linear

15. Chemical symbol for francium

17. Upward force generated by an airfoil

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

22. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

23. Message intelligence (pl.)

25. Type of motor that moves in increments rather than continuous rotation

28. Compliment to a zero in a polynomial

32. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)

33. Virtual Private Network

35. Spinning device used to generate a fixed spacial reference

38. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

39. A disk operation

40. Color quality

42. _______ Faraday, English chemist after whom the unit of capacitance is named

43. Type of current flow (abbr.)

46. A crescent shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two intersecting arcs

47. Device made by Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, etc.

49. Attenuator

53. Analog-to-Digital (abbr.)

54. International phonetic alphabet letter "D"

56. Connector vendor

58. Type of spread spectrum that does not use frequency hopping (abbr.)

61. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

63. Chemical symbol for europium

66. PC follower

68. End of soldering iron

69. Unit of liquid measure (abbr., pl.)

70. Chemical symbol for selenium

72. Army-Navy specification prefix


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Physics & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for October 6, 2013 - RF Cafe