Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
December 27, 2015

This is the final engineering and science themed crossword puzzle for the year 2015. All 36 crosswords this year, as with every one of the last 16 years, was custom made by me for RF Cafe visitors who's interest in crosswords ranges from the avid cruciverbalist to the curious technical type who is looking for an educational way to pass some time. Have a safe New Year's celebration, and be sure to check back on January 3, 2016. Thanks for your patronage in 2015!

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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle for December 27, 2015 - RF Cafe

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.

ACROSS DOWN
1. Damping at which no overshoot or undershoot exists (2 wds.)

14. Small Office/Home Office (abbr.)

15. Mr. Piper's famous yellow airplane

16. Adds two or more inputs

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

20. Logical negation operator

21. Mass unit (abbr., pl.)

22. Precision landing system (abbr.)

23. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

24. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)

28. Part of a male connector

29. World's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers (abbr.)

30. Ham radio organization (abbr.)

33. Electric enclosure standard organization (abbr.)

35. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

36. ___/IP scheme for networked connectivity

37. Impenetrable physical barrier

38. Radio term for indicating the end of a transmission segment

39. Type of computer display (abbr.)

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

42. Alternative name for Alpha Scorpii

44. A common battery cell size

45. Programmable logic device (abbr.)

47. Chemical symbol for scandium

48. Chemical symbol for strontium

49. Aircraft navigation system (abbr.)

51. Father of radio

52. Navigational device that measures star positions

53. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

54. Chemical symbol for thulium

56. European equivalent to the U.L.

57. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)

58. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

60. Form of digital encoding

62. Upper frequency (abbr.)

63. Negation prefix

65. One factor of a polynomial

66. Image file format name extension

68. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

69. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronics (abbr.)

70. Cooling devices

71. Fail-____ switch

72. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

73. Base of the decimal number system

75. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

76. Network department (abbr.)

77. The UK's largest defense electronics contractor (acr.)

79. U.S. military organization (abbr.)

81. Unit of current

83. Chemical symbol for tin

84. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr., pl.)

85. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)

86. Fairchild Advanced Schottky TTL (abbr.)

88. Point of electrical contact between circuits

2. Type of flip-flop

3. Charged particle

4. Mr. Edison's first name

5. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)

6. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)

7. Cable termination type (pl.)

8. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

9. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

10. Type of star that emits periodic bursts of energy

11. International Microwave Symposium (abbr.)

12. Unit of time (abbr.)

13. It's the 'EM' in EMC

17. Type of source used by a Norton equivalent circuit (2 wds.)

19. _____-wise linear

23. Constellation : The scales

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

26. Change from one phase to another (pl.)

27. Voltage potential to turn off a diode (2 wds.)

28. Personal Digital Cellular

31. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)

32. Stock symbol for Linear Technologies

33. Logical gate type (pl.)

34. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

41. Ties a bundle of wires together

43. International phonetic alphabet letter "H"

45. Rate of a radar transmitter's output waveform (abbr.)

46. Sample group

49. Variable crystal oscillator (abbr.)

50. Type of data storage IC

55. Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (abbr.)

56. Computer monitor (abbr., pl.)

59. Weatherproof cover for a radar antenna (pl.)

60. Voice of America

61. Type of secondary radar system (abbr.)

62. Crystal surfaces

64. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

65. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

67. French mathematician who is recognized as the founder of number theory

68. Greek letter

74. Earth's natural satellite

77. The "B" in BER

78. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

79. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

80. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

81. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (acr.)

82. Greek letter

84. Chemical symbol for zinc

87. Part of a FOR loop


See solution below

 

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Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle Solution for December 27, 2015 - RF Cafe