Science & Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle
September 20th, 2020

September 20th's custom Science & Engineering themed crossword puzzle contains only only words from my custom-created lexicon related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. (1,000s of them). You will never find among the words names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort. You might, however, find someone or something in the otherwise excluded list directly related to this puzzle's technology theme, such as Hedy Lamarr or the Bikini Atoll, respectively. The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort.

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


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


Science & Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle for September 20th, 2020 - RF Cafe

 

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1. Polish a crystal to an exact frequency

5. ___-AZIMUTH telescope mount

8. 10E-1 numerical prefix

9. Peak Inverse Voltage

11. Telephony over computer networks

13. Chemical symbol for beryllium

14. The region in a device's linear operating region where the input signal is minimal (2 wds., hyph.)

18. Chemical symbol for lead

19. Voltage-controlled oscillator (abbr.)

20. Workplace safety group (abbr.)

21. One port of an amplifier

22. Sudden, short-lived increase in voltage or current (pl.)

24. Greek letter

26. Chemical symbol for radium

27. High frequency semiconductor

30. An 8-bit unit (pl.)

32. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

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

34. 1E6 bits per second

36. Determined temporal distance between events

39. Volts divided by resistance

40. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

42. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

43. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock (pl.)

45. Like the inband portion of a Chebyshev filter

49. Opposite of a LO

50. Plain Old Telephone System

52. Quantum of energy or a quasiparticle associated with a compressional wave

54. Switch position

55. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device (pl.)

57. Electrical overstress (abbr.)

58. 1E6 nanoseconds

59. Name given to the measure of heat intensity

63. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

64. Real estate where equipment is located

65. Maximum Usable Frequency

66. Units of heat

69. Line of Sight (abbr.)

70. 30 Hz to 300 Hz

1. Front-most boundary of a wing (abbr.)

2. Type of current flow (abbr.)

3. Constellation : The fishes

4. International phonetic alphabet letter "K"

5. Flyboy

6. Numerical basis for decibels (abbr.)

7. Chemical element abbreviated Sn

8. Troubleshooting software

9. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

10. Family of ICs with a certain component density level (abbr.)

12. Sets of poles

13. Bits per second (abbr.)

15. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

16. The "S" in CES, the world's largest yearly convention of gadget and device manufacturers

17. Low Noise Amplifier (abbr.)

19. Video Graphics Array (abbr.)

23. Line extending out from center

25. Length times width

28. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

29. Software device for tracking elapsed time

31. Reduce the amount of response overshooting

35. Cause a circuit breaker to open

37. Voltage-current phase mnemonic

38. Slang for Ursa Major

41. Point in an revolving object's orbit that is farthest to the body it is orbiting (pl.)

43. Referring to a right triangle, the trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side opposite a given angle, and the hypotenuse (pl.)

44. Network configuration type

46. Moon of Saturn with retrograde orbit

47. Line of Sight (abbr.)

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

49. Having power applied (slang)

51. Junk e-mail

53. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

56. A length of transmission line that is open or shorted at one end

60. 1/000 of an inch

61. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

62. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

67. Chemical symbol for thallium

68. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

See solution below

2020 Crossword Puzzle Archive

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Cruciverbalist:

A cruciverbalist is a person who is skilled at creating or solving crossword puzzles. The term is a combination of "cruci-" from "crucifix," meaning cross, and "verbalist" from "verbal," indicating a person who deals with words. cruciverbalists are often responsible for designing crossword puzzles, and they possess a deep knowledge of wordplay, vocabulary, and the techniques used in constructing and solving crosswords. They aim to make puzzles that are both challenging and enjoyable for crossword enthusiasts.

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Science & Engineering Themed Crossword Puzzle Solution for September 20th, 2020 - RF Cafe