Engineering Crossword Puzzle
May 28, 2017

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 Crossword Puzzle for May 28, 2017 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Test equipment (abbr.)

2. Shut down the system, slang (3 wds.)

11. PC follower

13. _____-Carlo analysis

14. Causes a voltage or current waveform to gradually die out

15. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

17. 10E-12 numerical prefix

18. Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (abbr.)

19. Chemical symbol for erbium

20. RF connector type

22. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

23. Personal Digital Cellular

25. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

26. Hub of the solar system

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

28. Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (abbr.)

30. Type of current

31. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

32. Automated Test Equipment (abbr.)

34. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.)

37. A common battery cell size

39. Part of a directive antenna that derives energy from mutual coupling with the driven element (2 wds., pl.)

40. Chemical symbol for nobelium

41. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

42. Semiconductor lamp

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

45. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"

46. Molecular building blocks

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

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

54. Read-only (abbr.)

56. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)

57. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

59. Cellphone band just below PCS

61. Band between RF and BB

62. 53 Down + ____, the world's best engineering website

64. Snail and E are examples of this

66. Type of current flow (abbr.)

67. 36 inches (pl.)

68. Tool for holding parts while working on them (pl.)

69. Type of component package (abbr.)

70. A property of memristors

71. Chemical symbol for neodymium

1. Greek symbol commonly used to represent angles

2. Type of e-mail address system (abbr.)

3. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.

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

5. Constellation : The lion

6. Part of a screw that engages the driver (pl.)

7. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)

8. Tie a bundle of wires together

9. Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

10. World's first satellite navigation system (abbr.)

12. Another word for each complete winding of an inductor (pl.)

16. Chemical symbol for manganese

19. Chemical symbol for europium

21. Destroy a metal via chemical reaction

23. Unit of time (abbr.)

24. Chemical symbol for cobalt

26. Electronically imaged a document

28. Trans European Trunked RAdio

29. Unintentionally changes the oscillator frequency

31. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

32. File name extension for an ASCII file

33. Chemical element abbreviated Sn

35. Mr. de Forest's first name

36. Electronic component package type (abbr.)

38. Unit of atmospheric pressure (abbr.)

44. Volts, meters, pints, pounds, eg.

47. Test point (abbr.)

48. Describes a region on a semiconductor that has a linear and symmetric I-V curve

49. 1E6 nanoseconds

51. High-speed circuit-switched data (abbr.)

53. __ + 62 Across, the world's best engineering website

54. ____ earth elements

55. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)

57. Ratio of output to input power, voltage, current, light, etc.

58. The "D" in CD

60. Chemical symbol for calcium

62. Person responsible for program spending (abbr.)

63. IC killer (abbr.)

64. Very large unit of apparent power (abbr.)

65. Mr. de Forest's first name


See solution below

 

2017 Crosswords Archive

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Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 28, 2017 - RF Cafe