Science Theme Crossword Puzzle
May 23, 2021

For twenty years now, I have been creating weekly crossword puzzles for the education and enjoyment of the technically minded visitor like you. This Science Theme Crossword Puzzle for May 23rd has many words and clues related to RF, microwave, and mm-wave engineering, optics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical subjects. As always, this crossword contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology theme (e.g., Reginald Denny or the Tunguska event in Siberia). The technically inclined cruciverbalists amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!


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

Science Theme Crossword Puzzle for May 23rd, 2021 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. This crossword puzzle's theme

6. ______ Marietta, or Lockheed ______

10. Filter type that blocks upper frequencies (abbr.)

11. Chemical symbol for xenon

13. Minutes of Use (abbr.)

15. Intermodulation (abbr.)

17. Common plastic insulation type (abbr.)

19. Switch position

20. Switch position

21. Chemical symbol for plutonium

22. Permeability-tuned oscillator (abbr.)

24. Trans European Trunked RAdio

25. Akin to dynamics, with no movement

26. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

28. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

30. Greek letter used for wavelength

34. Amount of deviation from nominal and still being within specification

38. Chemical symbol for arsenic

39. Low altitude earth orbit

40. Prevented the direct physical transfer of signals from one point to another

44. Things in a bill of material

46. Its chemical symbol is W

48. The "C" in CDMA

51. Read-only (abbr.)

52. Added two or more inputs

53. The "F" in EMF (pl.)

56. Chemical symbol for erbium

58. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.)

60. Mathematics of angles

64. Impurity in a semiconductor that adds a mobile electron in the conduction band

67. Singulated piece of IC wafer

68. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)

69. Opposite of O.D.

70. Chemical symbol for selenium

71. Miniature threaded RF connector

74. Greek letter (micro)

75. The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey

77. Type of logic gate

78. Temporary Engineering Change document (abbr.)

80. First lines in software that call external libraries

81. One last instance of this crossword puzzle's theme - just to prove these are created custom-like

1. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock (pl.)

2. S12 or S21 (abbr.)

3. Governmental agency that monitors pollution (abbr.)

4. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

5. Lay bare, such as a wire

7. Modulation type (abbr.)

8. One factor of a polynomial

9. Tweak a filter for the correct response

12. 1.602E-19 Joules

14. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

16. Type of inductance found in transformers

18. Carrier-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

20. Used logic gates

22. Ratio of circumference to diameter

23. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

27. Electrical safety organization (abbr.)

29. Another instance of this crossword puzzle's theme

31. _/_-___, maker of RF semiconductors and connectors

32. Base Station Transceivers (abbr.)

33. Boolean expression (pl.)

35. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

36. What number is defined as a one followed by 100 noughts

37. Network department (abbr.)

41. Type of component package (abbr.)

42. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

43. Reliability measure (abbr.)

44. Network department (abbr.)

45. Test equipment (abbr.)

47. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

48. Chemical symbol for copper

49. Decimeter (abbr.)

50. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)

54. Apple's popular media playing device

55. Chemical symbol for silicon

57. Aircraft tracking system (pl.)

59. Unlicensed radio type for personal and business use (abbr., pl.)

61. Chemical symbol for lithium

62. Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

63. An angle that has less than 90 degrees

64. Deutsche Industrie Normenausschuss

65. Workplace safety group (abbr.)

66. A disk operation

72. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

73. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

76. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)

78. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

79. Cyanide (abbr.)


See solution below

 

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Science Theme Crossword Solution for May 23rd, 2021 - RF Cafe