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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
 Take a break from the drudgery by trying 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.
- Dec 19,
Dec 12, Dec 5
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Nov 28, Nov 21,
Nov 14, Nov 7
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Oct 31, Oct 24,
Oct 17, Oct 10,
Oct 3
- Sep 26,
Sep 12, Sep 5
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Aug 29, Aug 22
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Jul 25, Jul 18,
Jul 11, Jul 4
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Jun 27, Jun 20,
Jun 13, Jun 6
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May 30, May 23,
May 16, May 9,
May 2
- Apr 25,
Apr 18, Apr 11,
Apr 4
- Mar 28,
Mar 21, Mar 14,
Mar 7
- Feb 28,
Feb 21, Feb 14,
Feb 7
- Jan 31,
Jan 24, Jan 17,
Jan 10, Jan 3
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited.
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ACROSS
1. Filter supplier located in Gaithersburg, MD
6. The fourth state of matter, which occurs in stars and
fusion reactors (pl.)
11. Chemical symbol for scandium
12. Unit of inductance (abbr.)
13. Printer resolution measure (abbr.)
15. Test equipment (abbr.)
16. Chemical symbol for thulium
17. Method of connecting redundant power supplies
19. The "D" in DARPA
22. Chemical symbol for polonium
23. Stock symbol for Microsoft
25. Stock
symbol for RF Micro Devices
26. Type of current flow (abbr.)
27. Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (abbr.)
28. Army-Navy specification prefix
29. Negative
temperature coefficient (abbr.)
30. One component of a complex number (abbr.)
31. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
33. Miniature RF connector
35. 10^1 numerical prefix
36. Ham's code for "Station is leaving the net."
37. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)
39. RF design consultant in Rochester, NY
40. ______ Electronics - passive RF component vendor in
Clifton, NJ
41. Chemical symbol for tantalum
42. Powers pneumatic devices
43. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)
44. Amateur Television (abbr.)
46. Return-to-Zero (abbr.)
48. PC follower
49. Mass unit (abbr., pl.)
50. Chemical symbol for xenon
52. Balun with both ports unbalanced (pl.)
53. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.
54. Logic family
56.
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
58. Network department (abbr.)
59. Engineering firm in Middletown, OH, that
provides RF subsystem design services
63. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors
64. Chemical
symbol for praseodymium
65. Type of modulation (abbr.)
66. Effective Radiated Power (abbr.)
67. Greek letter (micro)
69. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)
71. Lifetime failure rate curve
72. The central core of an atom
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1. Type of flip-flop
2. Official engineering change document (abbr., pl.)
3. Unit of length (abbr.)
4. Amplifier linearity
specification (abbr.)
5. Filter type (abbr.)
6. Part of a male connector
7. Automated Test
Equipment (abbr.)
8. Chemical symbol for selenium
9. Basic element
10. Type of component package (abbr.)
14. Describes a line that is at right angles to
the horizontal
18. ____ Solutions, RF component manufacturer located in Torrance, CA
20. Quickly
changing portion of waveform
21. Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (abbr.)
22. Circuit for firing a radar magnetron (abbr.,
pl.)
24. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)
25. Chemical symbol for radium
29. _____ Microwave East
(part of L3-Com), RF component manufacturer located in Hauppauge, NY
30. Silicon _____, RFIC for radar
systems company in Frankfurt, Germany
32. Log onto a hard drive
34. Nickname given to a satellite
(pl.)
35. Device under test (abbr.)
38. Below ELF
45. Variable crystal oscillator (abbr., pl.)
47. International phonetic alphabet letter
"Z"
48. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.)
49. ____ Microwave, RF component company in
FuJian, China
51. Chemical symbol for einsteinium
53. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
55. Gigantic star in Cetus
57. Software function selection mechanism
59. Nordic Mobile Telephone
60. One of the Ws in WWW
61.
Virtual Private Network
62. Miniature RF connector
64. Chemical symbol for lead
65. Unit of inductance(abbr.)
68.
Electrical safety organization (abbr.)
70. 1E6 nanoseconds |
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See solution below
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