12/10/2000 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.

1   Have a positive phase wrt a reference

5   Front edge of a wing, abbr.

7   Direct burial cable

9   Monkeys

13 43,560 sq. ft.

14 Shorthand for oxygen

15 Receiver specification

16 Unit of distance

17 Inductors

19 PC wannabe

20 Spirit

22 Unfasten

24 1.602E-19 Joules

25 Shipboard precision AA firing system

27 Opposite of O.D.

28 Unit of acidity

30 Chemical symbol for arsenic

32 Keyboard key

33 Type of current

34 Type of modulation

36 Earth, Jupiter, Pluto, et. al.

38 Adjusts the specification for temperature

40 PC follower

41 Professor's student instructor

42 Groups of four bits

46 Suit makers

50 Prefix meaning without

51 Network department

52 Premier model aircraft organization

54 Type of switch contact

55 Depart

56 Place to put a probe

57 Change connector type

59 Network department

61 It's now named Inprise

64 Use a diode

68 German submarine

69 Large jib for yachts

70 Inert gaseous element

71 Metal parts engineer

72 Logic gate

74 Back side

75 Number or character declaration

76 World's only remaining superpower

77 300 kHz to 3 MHz

78 An auction

1   Tie a wire bundle

2   Official engineering change documents

3   Spring up

4   Inductor vendor

5   Mixer input

6   Violates a specification

7   Demolish

8   Category of model aviation, abbr.

9   Amplifier company

10 Attenuator configuration

11 Old cloth measures

12 Ooze

18 Symbol for tin

19 Type of current flow

21 Super glue, abbr.

23 1000 ps

26 Electronics manufacturer with "meatball" logo

28 Min-to-max voltage of a waveform

29 Hand-launched

31 Weatherproofers

33 FET lead

34 Chemical symbol for iron

35 1E6 nanoseconds

37 Filter manufacturer in CA

39 Airline scheduling abbreviation

42 1e-6 mA

43 One port of an amplifier

44 Aircraft with two wings

45 Points at (0,0,0) for z = y^2 - x^2

46 Barroom

47 Tarries

48 Coax cable prefix

49 Therefore

53 1/000 of an amp

56 Band

57 Army-Navy spec

58 Test equipment, abbr.

60 Fungal infection

61 Push with the horns

62 Comply

63 Near to

65 Aircraft balance point

66 Young horse

67 Lively

71 Greek letter

73 __ Cafe

Answer below