March 14, 2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

 

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.

2010 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzles

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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle 3/14/2010

ACROSS

1. Capacitor dielectric type (pl.)
8. Charged particle
9. Circuit for maintaining constant voltage (abbr.)
10. Coordinated Universal Time (abbr.)
12. Type of flip-flop
13. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)
14. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
16. Shorthand for oxygen
18. Internet protocol (abbr.)
20. Chemical symbol for radon
21. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
22. ___, manufacturer of custom RF & microwave filters, Overland Park, KS (abbr.)
24. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation (abbr.)
25. Basic oscillator configuration that incorporates a crystal
26. Image storage format
28. Once around a circuit
30. Logarithmic unit of power (abbr.)
32. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
33. Chemical symbol for tin
34. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)
36. Chemical symbol for xenon
37. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)
38. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
40. Chemical symbol for argon
42. Type of distribution, squared
43. Below ELF
44. Voice of America
45. Grew in amplitude
DOWN

1. Telex-Over-Radio (abbr.)
2. Primary U.S. standards organization founded in 1918 (abbr.)
3. Transformer interwinding connection
4. ______ Electronics, parts distributor
6. Elementary particle
7. Official Space Shuttle designation (abbr.)
11. Isolated charges
15. ___ _ _____, power supply design & management experts in Smithtown, NY (1 wd. + 1 num. + 1 wd.)
17. Greek letter
19. PCB fabricator in Baltimore, MD - also the brightest star in Canis Minor
20. Emit electromagnetic energy
21. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
23. Slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure
24. Determined temporal distance between events
27. An amateur radio station installed in a vehicle
29. Modulation type (abbr.)
31. Armored cable type
33. Quantum electron property
35. One property of light
37. Greek letter often used to represent an angle
38. Equivalent Series Resistance (abbr.)
39. Colorado Springs military school (abbr.)
41. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards


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RF Cafe - Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle 3/14/2010 solution