1/18/2001 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS 1   RF passive device manufacturer in Bay Shore, NY 5   Antenna gain unit 8   Type of vector product 12 Ice skater's move 13 Apiece 15 Be seated 17 Lab container 18 Big 20 Cable tying string 22 Network department 23 43,560 sq. ft. 25 1e-6 mA 26 Airplane that takes off in short distances 27 Technical drawing structure 28 Digital Communication System 30 30 Hz to 300 Hz 31 Symbol of the U.S.A. 32 Resounding blow 34 Logarithmic ratio 35 Defense electronics firm that sold missile guidance technology to Communist China 36 Observed 37 Modern battlefield technique 39 Soon 40 Programmable logic device 41 US space agency 43 Time delay, abbr. 44 Fuse two metals with extreme heat 45 Raw hides 46 1.602E-19 Joules 48 Paddled 50 FET voltage parameter 51 Cover 53 Spanish hero 54 High energy EM waves - used for inspection 56 Egyptian goddess of fertility 58 Semiconductor and calculator company 59 Gemstone 60 Test equipment, abbr. 61 Tides that attain the least height 62 _____ Gay, of WWII fame 64 Small representative graphic 66 Brown-capped boletus mushroom 68 A fundamental amplifier parameter 69 Data storage medium 70 Dam extending across the Nile 71 Nuclear reactor moderator devices 72 Primordial giant in Norse myth	DOWN 1   Heat sink vendor in Laconia, NH 2   x, y, or z on Cartesian coordinates 3   Government program to bring electricity to farms 4   Becoming slower and broader 5   Angle unit 6   No insulation 7   Current-voltage phase mnemonic 9   Flip-flop type 10 Lubricants 11 _____ machine, for logic 14 Like a portable DMM 16 Scheme with resistor in the emitter path 19 Radio navigation system 21 Not hot 24 Wireless phone region 27 Fortune-telling cards 29 Symbol for tin 31 Long period of time 32 Uncultivated country 33 General principle 35 Naming a software object 36 Exceeding the speed limit 38 One of Dilbert's workmates 42 Pigpen 44 A memory storage command 45 ____chute 47 Shop tool for holding parts 49 Type of current flow 50 Increase in size 52 Triacs - 1 55 Voltage regulator semiconductor 57 Vomit 59 Potpourri 60 Pith helmet 63 Lever for rowing 65 Person responsible for program spending, abbr. 67 High output level RF component
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