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This particular crossword was created
for the Kansas State
University College of Engineering's The Ohm. Click on the thumbnail
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February 2, 2014 edition.
1. Unit of energy defined as
the work done when an electron is accelerated through a potential
difference of one volt (2 wds.)
12. Circuit element connecting
PCB layers (pl.)
13. Solid of rotation whose sides are the
hypoteneuse of a right triangle
14. 2/3 of a triac
16.
PC follower
18. Chemical symbol for silver
20. Morse Code
for "from"
22. Chemical symbol for neptunium
23. Unit
of inductance (abbr.)
24. Non-return to zero (abbr.)
26.
Network configuration type
29. Isolator or circulator ferrous
component
31. Exponent that returns the original number
32. ___ Friedrich Gauss, after whom the unit of magnetic field
strength is named
34. Current-voltage phase mnemonic
35.
Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)
36. Volt, meter, pint,
pound, eg.
37. Chemical symbol for tin
38. Network department
(abbr.)
40. The Midwest's greatest engineering school (part
1 of 3)
43. Filter type that blocks frequencies below and
above a specified band (abbr.)
44. Unit of apparent power
(abbr.)
45. Chemical symbol for antimony
47. Electrical
overstress (abbr.)
49. Chemical symbol for gold
50. Greek
letter
52. Chemical symbol for neon
53. Abbreviation for
peak voltage
54. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
55. Chemical
symbol for thulium
56. Logic family
57. Chemical symbol
for argon
58. Chemical symbol for selenium
59. Unit of
length (abbr.)
60. Inventor of the incandescent light bulb
63. Boob tube (abbr.)
65. Chemical symbol for selenium
67. Technical drawing structure
69. Voltage-current phase
mnemonic
70. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr., pl.)
72. Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (abbr.)
74. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)
75. The "R" in DRC in
substrate layout (singular form)
76. What glass device is
used for focussing light
78. Ham's code for "What is the
correct time?"
79. Test equipment (abbr.)
80. Unit of
inductance (abbr.)
81. Chemical symbol for palladium
83.
Chemical symbol for lanthanum
85. Ham-ese for Young Lady
86. Chart types
88. The "D" in CD
90. Under self-control
(prefix)
91. Common point on a BJT curve trace graph where
the extrapolated linear operating regions all intersect (2 wds.) |
1. Electronics Industry Association
(abbr.)
2. Is behind in phase
3. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
4. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
5. Unit of length equal
to 5.5 yards
6. Exponent that returns the original number
7. Chemical symbol for neon
8. Opposite of I.D.
9. Communications
pairing between transmitter and receiver
10. Transformer
interwinding connection
11. L-C resonating circuits
15.
Greek symbol commonly used to represent angles
17. The "T"
in TEM
19. Connector cover and strain relief (pl.)
21.
That which has mass and occupies space (pl.)
23. The Midwest's
greatest engineering school (part 3 of 3)
25. Chemical symbol
for zirconium
27. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)
28. Government program to bring electricity to farms (abbr.)
29. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.)
30. Chemical symbol
for cesium
31. Switch position
33. Chemical symbol for
lithium
36. One type of electron spin
39. The "T" in ATE
41. Stock symbol for National Instruments
42. Adds two or
more inputs
43. End-to-end joint
46. Filter type that
blocks frequencies below and above a specified band (abbr.)
48. Opposite of I.D.
51. Type of current flow (abbr.)
52. 1e-6 mA
58. The Midwest's greatest engineering school
(part 2 of 3)
59. Chemical symbol for iron
61. Singulated
piece of IC wafer
62. Lubricant
64. Unit of apparent power
(abbr.)
66. Effect (named after its discoverer) that is the
variation in the width of the base in a BJT due to a variation
in the applied base-to-collector
68. Chemical symbol for
erbium
69. Chemical symbol for europium
71. Chemical symbol
for tin
73. "Calling any amateur radio station"
75. Moon
of Saturn discovered in 1672
77. Threaded tuning rod in a
coil
80. Type of chart
81. Peak Inverse Voltage
82.
Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
84. Automated Test Equipment
(abbr.)
87. Chemical symbol for strontium
88. Chemical
symbol for dysprosium
89. Chemical symbol for chlorine
90. A common battery cell size |
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