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RF Cafe Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
May 3, 2020

As with my hundreds of previous engineering and science-themed crossword puzzles, this one for May 3, 2020, contains only clues and terms associated with engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc., which I have built up over nearly two decades. Many new words and company names have been added that had not even been created when I started in the year 2002. You will never find a word taxing your knowledge of a numbnut soap opera star or the name of some obscure village in the Andes mountains. You might, however, encounter the name of a movie star like Hedy Lamarr or a geographical location like Tunguska, Russia, for reasons which, if you don't already know, might surprise you.

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

Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited.

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

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle May 3, 2020 - RF Cafe Website

1. He united electricity and magnetism into the concept of the electro-magnetic field (3 wds.)

8. Optical cross-connect (abbr.)

9. Type of digital filter (abbr.)

10. First magnitude star in Auriga

15. A disk operation

17. Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (abbr.)

19. Sets of poles

20. Basic PN junction component

22. Chemical symbol for neodymium

23. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

24. Chemical symbol for chromium

25. Internet addresses

27. ____ earth elements

30. Very small aperture terminal

31. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)

32. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

34. ___-back transformer

35. Unit of volume (abbr.)

36. Use a squeezing tool for attaching a wire lug

39. One of the first commercial software spreadsheets, (w/123)

41. Volt, meter, pint, pound, eg.

42. Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (abbr.)

43. Referring to electrical supply cables

44. Computer monitor cable type (abbr.)

46. Amateur Radio Association (abbr.)

48. Inventor of the high voltage generator that powers the Jacob's Ladder (2 wds.)

2. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

3. The "E" in EHF

4. Chemical symbol for scandium

5. Greek letter

6. Sent a telegram

7. Chemical symbol for erbium

10. Plug-in for computer bus

11. Agilent's EE design software (abbr.)

12. Curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling on the exterior of another circle

13. Display type

14. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (abbr.)

16. E=CM 2 guy

18. Makes an adjustment to misalignment

19. Astronomical distance of 3.26 light years

21. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr., pl.)

25. PCB mask exposing ray (abbr.)

26. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

28. Type of current flow (abbr.)

29. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

33. Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (abbr.)

35. The "C" in CDMA

37. _____-Kutta method in differential equations

38. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

39. Be behind in phase

40. The "U" in UHF

44. Chemical symbol for rubidium

45. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

46. Chemical symbol for argon

47. A common battery cell size

See solution below

2020 Crossword Puzzle Archive

Take a well-deserved break and try your hand at some of these goodies. Every word in the RF Cafe crossword puzzles is specifically related to engineering, mathematics, and science. There are no generic backfill words like many other puzzles give you, so you'll never see a clue asking for the name of a movie star or a mountain on the Russia-China border.

All of these crossword puzzles were created using the fabulous Crossword Express (now called "Magnum Opus") software.

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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.

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...