Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
November 22, 2015

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Enjoy!

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

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle for November 22, 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. Symbols and lines used to construct a representative drawing of a system at a high level (2 wds., pl.)

7. Chemical symbol for zinc

9. Shorthand for oxygen

10. Type of component package (abbr.)

11. Stock symbol for Boeing

13. Total radiated power (abbr.)

15. CDMA Development Group (abbr.)

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

19. Device under test (abbr.)

20. A disk operation

21. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

22. This calculus operation yields voltage across a capacitor

23. Parts per million (abbr.)

24. Scheme to maintain proper frequency (acr.)

26. Basic element

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

30. Ham radio organization (abbr.)

32. No insulation

33. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

34. 31 Down + ____, this website's title

35. Logic family (abbr.)

36. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

37. Applies a lubricant

39. 24 hours

40. Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone

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

43. International Reply Coupon (abbr.)

44. Type of logic gate (pl.)

46. Greek letter

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

48. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

49. Unit of frequency (archaic, abbr.)

51. Infrared (abbr.)

52. FM signal extraction device

2. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

3. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

4. Unintentional amplitude variation on an FM signal (1 wd. + abbr.)

5. A type of digital modulation (acr.)

6. Unit of length (abbr.)

7. Discrete time equivalent of the continuous time Laplace transform (1 ltr. + 1 wd., hyph.)

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

11. Manufacturer of project boxes

12. "Pi" pad, "T" pad, etc.

14. Plane curve traced out by a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed line is equal to its distance from a fixed point

16. Test equipment that causes a meter decrease (dip) when near resonant circuits (2 wds.)

18. Quantity obtained when a row and column containing a specified element is removed from a square matrix

19. Filter with more than one frequency band going from separate ports to a common port

23. It is the "P" in S2P

25. Study for a test just before taking it

27. Chemical symbol for tantalum

28. 1E6 nanoseconds

29. Chemical symbol for strontium

31. __ + 34 Across, this website's title

38. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

41. Type of distribution, squared

43. Bands between RF and baseband

45. Surface Mount Technology

48. Opposite of a LO

50. Chemical symbol for cobalt


See solution below

 

2015 Crosswords Archive

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Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle Solution for November 22, 2015 - RF Cafe