11/19/2003 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle

Take a well-deserved break and try 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.

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ACROSS 1 Scientific word for a star's twinkling 9 Engineering Change Order 10 Genetic double helix 12 Switch position 14 Analog-to-digital, abbr. 15 Described device toasted by ESD 19 Electromagnetic, abbr. 20 Ratio of circumference to diameter 21 Sample group 23 Add solder to tip of iron 24 1/000 of an inch 26 Software drafting tool, abbr. 27 Glue 29 Semiconductor lamp 32 WWW browser 34 Positive voltage lead color 35 Type of circular graph 37 A capacitor quality parameter, abbr. 38 Information Services 39 Increase voltage linearly 40 Quickly changing portion of waveform 41 Test Equipment 42 Unit of heat, abbr. 43 Substrate for mounting components 45 Type of memory, abbr. 47 Crystal filter type, abbr. 49 Automated Test Equipment 50 Person responsible for program spending, abbr. 51 A BPF spec., abbr. 52 Type of current flow, abbr. 54 Word in a software looping routine 55 European equivalent to the U.L., abbr. 57 Isolator, oscillator vendor in Tampa, FL 58 Mathematical proposition 59 Sample-and-____ 60 Greek letter 61 Semiconductor and calculator company, abbr. 62 Metal parts engineer 63 Network department, abbr. 65 A type of average, abbr. 66 BASIC looping keyword 68 Greek letter 70 Special diode that can be switched, abbr. 71 Official Space Shuttle designation, abbr. 72 Type of chart 73 Super glue, abbr. 75 ECM response 77 Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line 78 Logic gate 79 Optical Cross Connect 81 Heat sink vendor in Laconia, NH 84 Denominator that returns the original number 85 Diode envelope demodulator 89 Forward Error Correction 90 Like an ideal transmission line 93 Voltage-current phase mnemonic, abbr. 94 Adjust a pot 96 Digital-to-analog converter, pl. 97 Metal & plastic parts engineer, pl. 98 Type of flip-flop 99 "Microwaves & __" magazine 101 Power supply vendor in Easton, PA 103 Time Delay 104 Test Equipment 105 Keyboard key 107 Maker of quality spectrum analyzers in Wichita, Kansas 108 High quality coax cable vendor in Hinsdale, IL	DOWN 1 Hermetic interfaces 2 Imaging device, abbr. 3 Galilean moon 4 Low Noise Amplifier 5 Opposite of O.D. 6 Exponent that returns the original number 7 Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone System 8 + or - 11 Time keeping WRT the stars 13 Current summing points 15 Thread cutting tool 16 Army-Navy spec 17 Electromagnetic, abbr. 18 Connector family 20 Fan vendor in Farmington, CT 22 An audio amplifier spec, abbr. 23 Boob tube 25 Front edge of a wing, abbr. 26 Software engineering tool, abbr. 28 Turn-on amperage for a motor 29 Local Oscillator 30 The "E" in EMF 31 Digital Attenuator 33 Iron-constantan and copper-constantan junctions, for example 35 Min-to-max voltage of a waveform 36 One component of a complex number, abbr. 42 Data safeguards 43 Last stage in a transmitter 44 Chemical symbol for beryllium 46 Mechanical device 48 Units of power 50 Heavenly body having a tail 51 Cooling device 53 Type of distribution, squared 54 Transverse Electromagnetic 56 Electrical Overstress 64 Devices for reporting shaft positions 66 Start Frequency, abbr. 67 Type of flip-flop 69 Subjects a circuit to extreme operation 74 Wheel attachment points 76 1/000 of an amp 77 Opposite of digital-to-analog, abbr. 78 Just entering the nonlinear region 80 Synthesizer vendor in Whippany, NJ 82 Audio Frequency 83 Integrated Circuit 84 Original Equipment Manufacturer 86 Plug-ins for computer buses 87 Unix, Linux or Windows 88 Government program to bring electricity to farms, abbr. 90 Computer communication scheme, abbr. 91 Unix, Linux or Windows 92 Receiver parameter, abbr., pl. 95 Temperature Coefficient 96 Government lawyer, abbr. 100 Field Effect Transistor 102 Precision Approach Radar 103 Thin Film Transistor 106 Local Oscillator 107 Integrated Circuit
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