9/25/2007 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1. Part of CRC 4. Intertwines strands of fine wire 5. Popular spreadsheet program 6. International phonetic alphabet letter "P" 10. Million Multiply Accumulate operations 14. RF integrated circuit 15. PCB interconnect 16. Greek letter 17. Set of poles 20. _____&Schwarz 21. ____ of thumb 24. Prefix for 10 ^ -18 25. Radio term for indicating the end of a transmission segment 26. Stock symbol for Microsoft 27. Unit of work, pl. 28. Length times width 32. European spectrum allocation agency, abbr. 35. The "T" in ATE 36. Increases voltage linearly 37. Inductor 38. Unit of resistance, pl. 41. Current x Resistance = 42. Current summing point 45. Type of rechargeable battery, abbr. 46. One who DXs 47. International phonetic alphabet letter "T" 48. Antenna vendor in Cohasset, MA 49. Describes an amplifier that handles a wide range of loads	DOWN 2. Balance point of an airplane 3. Plane geometric figure having eight straight sides 4. Large-value resistor connected across the filter capacitor in a power supply to discharge the filter capacitors when the supply is turned off, 2 wds. 6. Means or path by which a radio signal travels from a transmitting station to a receiving station 7. Audio Frequency 8. Ratio of circumference to diameter 9. Property of a lens allowing it to focus all wavelengths to the same point 10. Unit of time 11. Chemical symbol for molybdenum 12. PC follower 13. Highly selective frequency-dependent circuit, 2 wds. 18. PC follower 19. Network department, abbr. 22. PCB mask exposing ray 23. Front edge of a wing, abbr. 29. One component of a complex number, abbr. 30. Chemical symbol for einsteinium 31. Inject an ion into a substrate base 33. Part of a FOR loop 34. Chemical symbol for silicon 39. Opposite of a LO 40. Unit of inductance, abbr. 43. Shorthand for oxygen 44. Morse Code for "from"

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