RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
August 4, 2019

This RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle contains at least 10 words from headlines posted on the homepage during the week of July 29 - August 2, 2019 (marked with an asterisk*). These custom-made engineering and science-themed crossword puzzles are done weekly for the brain-exercising benefit and pleasure of RF Cafe visitors who are fellow cruciverbalists. Every word and clue - without exception - in these RF Cafe puzzles has been personally entered into a very large database that encompasses engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc. Let me know if you would like a custom crossword puzzle built for your company, school, club, etc. (no charge).

cruciverbalist: [noun]  cruci- ("cross") +‎ verbal ("words") +‎ -ist ("agent, person") -- A person who constructs or works crosswords.


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

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle August 4, 2019 - RF Cafe

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1. Apple Set to Buy _____'s Cellphone Chip Manufacturing Business*

5. Negative temperature coefficient (abbr.)

8. Chinese Amateur _____ Satellite Launched*

12. Logic family

13. Length times width (pl.)

14. Largest moon of Saturn

15. Chemical symbol for platinum

17. Type of current flow (abbr.)

19. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

20. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

22. Mate to a TX

24. Semiconductor lamp

26. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

28. Silicon transistor type (abbr.)

29. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)

31. Type of load used in place of an antenna during transmitter testing

32. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

33. Chemical symbol for europium

35. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for gadolinium

39. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

40. Switch position

42. One port of an amplifier

44. Geometric entity with only length (pl.)

45. _____________ Market Conditions Deteriorate Further*

47. Automaton

48. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

49. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

50. Chemical symbol for gold

51. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

53. Direction of carbon fiber strands

55. Chemical symbol for erbium

57. Degree of IC sophistication (abbr.)

58. Ultrathin Transistors for Faster Computer _____*

60. Glues together

61. Exponent that returns the original number

62. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

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

66. Chemical symbol for scandium

68. Chemical symbol for terbium

69. Type of logic gate

71. Part of this website's title

73. 10E1 numerical prefix

74. Generated an official engineering change document

76. Pick-and-_____ automated PCB component insertion tool

78. Who's Who in the Exodus from China to Southeast ____*

80. _____ Stocks Fall After Posting Wider-Than-Expected Loss*

81. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)

82. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star

1. 19% ______ Growth in India Amid Fall in Global Sales*

2. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

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

4. Sample group

5. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

6. Candidates Attach ____ Giants While Spending Big Advertising $$$ with Them*

7. Chemical symbol for calcium

8. Slang for transmitter and/or receiver

9. Automatic Testing, Evaluation & Reporting (abbr.)

10. 10E1 numerical prefix

11. Edison's type of light bulb

16. Act of being exposed to ionizing electromagnetic energy

18. A property of memristors

21. Dynamic range specification where no frequency mixing products are above the MDS level (2 wds., hyph.)

23. Type of logic gate

24. Cable termination type

25. Decimeter (abbr.)

27. Facility where semiconductors are manufactured (pl.)

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

34. An elementary particle

36. A monovalent radical CH2=CH derived from ethylene by removal of one hydrogen atom

38. Sent a telegram

41. On-the-air meeting of hams at a set time, day and radio frequency

43. Chemical symbol for neodymium

44. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

46. Opposite of I.D.

47. Increase voltage linearly

52. Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY (abbr.)

53. Line of Sight (abbr.)

54. Yard (abbr.)

56. Ctr+Alt+Del

59. Filter type that blocks lower frequencies (abbr.)

63. Device to assist in the performance of a chore

65. Study for a test just before taking it

67. Set of poles

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

72. FEMA and ___ to Conduct EAS Test*

73. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)

75. Chemical symbol for cesium

77. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

79. Prefix meaning "absolute" used for electrical units; e.g., __volt, __amp, etc.


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2019 Crossword Puzzle Archive

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