Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle - Independence Day 2010

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.

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ACROSS

1. Electro-_________, RF components & design services company in Palm City, FL
10. Chemical symbol for bismuth
12. Cable protective covering (pl.)
15. RF connector & cable connector manufacturer located in Taiwan
19. Test point (abbr.)
21. ________ Microwave, RF components & systems manufacturer w/HQ in Fairview, PA
23. The antiparticle of an electron
26. Open-______ or closed-______ system
28. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (abbr.)
30. Part of a FOR loop
31. Upper frequency (abbr.)
34. Radio navigation systems
36. Masses divided by volumes
38. Unit of length (abbr.)
39. Signal increaser
41. Term for asymmetry of a statistical distribution, past tense
43. Variable resistor
44. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"
45. Programmable logic device (abbr.)
47. 1/1000 prefix
49. Engineer who experimented with extremely high voltages
51. Manned rocket series that went to the moon
53. _______ Microwave, SSPA manufacturer in Trenton, NJ; also a type of jet fighter
55. 3G_________, RF shield vendor in Concord, Ontario
58. Front edge of a wing (abbr.)
59. ____ Electronics - RF/microwave components manufacturer in Denville, NJ

DOWN

1. Particle which constitutes a single quantum of electromagnetic radiation
2. Opposite of I.D.
3. Switch position
4. Band between RF and BB
5. Chemical symbol for antimony
6. Unit for 1,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)
7. Chemical symbol for platinum
8. Stock symbol for Dell Computer
9. Applied + _____________ + Sciences, EM software vendor in Escondido, CA
11. International Telecommunications Union
13. Causes the temperature to drop
14. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)
16. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)
17. Adjust a pot
18. Push to Talk (abbr.)
20. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)
22. Device attached to an antenna mast which rotates it so that the antenna can point in different directions
24. Intermodulation distortion (abbr.)
25. Noise diode & TE manufacturer in East Hanover, NJ
27. Switch position
29. Does a total memory transfer
32. Power amplifier & antenna company in Ronkonkoma, NY (3-letter abbr.)
33. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
35. Abbreviation for acknowledge (also a common word used by Bill the Cat)
37. _____ Microwave East (part of L3-Com), RF component manufacturer located in Hauppauge, NY
39. Tune
40. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)
42. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface
46. Online service
48. Mr. de Forest's first name
50. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)
52. Original Equipment Manufacturer (abbr.)
54. Chemical symbol for thulium
56. PC follower
57. Chemical symbol for xenon
60. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

Engineering & Science Crossword PuzzleIndependence Day 2010

Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle
Independence Day 2010