Engineering Crossword Puzzle
December 28, 2014

This is the final engineering crossword puzzle of 2014, that is to say the 52nd of the year. I have created more than 500 crossword puzzles, each using a custom-built library of words and clues specific to engineering, science, mathematics, etc. - no numbnut celebrity names, clothing articles, or mountains on the continent of Africa. Thanks, fellow cruciverbalists, for another year of participation. Don't forget to print out an extra copy to leave in the John for your fellow indisposed workmate to pass time with.

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Engineering Crossword for December 28, 2014 - RF Cafe

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1. Type of semiconductor junction device used for high frequency rectification and detection (2 wds.)

9. Chemical symbol for radon

10. Megohm (abbr.)

11. Tool for holding parts while working on them

13. Unit of length (abbr.)

15. H2O

17. Chemical symbol for thulium

19. European equivalent to the U.L.

20. Computer monitor resolution measure (abbr.)

23. Hung the program

26. Chemical symbol for silver

27. Use a squeezing tool for attaching a wire lug

29. _____ factor, the peak-to-average waveform value

30. Chemical symbol for iron

31. Output intercept point (abbr.)

32. Abbreviation for "power"

35. Type of memory

36. Chemical symbol for erbium

37. Home state of Los Alamos lab (abbr.)

38. Premier professional organization for our types (abbr.)

41. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

42. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

43. Type of semiconductor construction used in RF power amplifiers (abbr.)

44. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

46. Chemical symbol for erbium

48. Inductor

49. Internet protocol (abbr.)

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

52. Slang for Ham radio equipment made in Japan or the Orient (2 wdds.)

55. Peripheral Component Interface (abbr.)

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

57. Min______ and Max_____, in a Karnaugh map

58. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)

60. Part of a FOR loop

61. A keyboard key

62. Alter the relations between the parts of a structure or shape by applying an external force (pl.)

64. Type of logic gate

65. One axis of an ellipse

67. 1E6 nanoseconds

68. Chemical symbol for neodymium

69. Type of high frequency circuit substrate (abbr.)

71. Frequency

73. Elements of a scattering matrix (hyph.)

1. A number that has no fractional part

2. Modulation type (abbr.)

3. Part of a FOR loop

4. Code for a type of electrical wire insulation (abbr.)

5. Direct Memory Access (abbr.)

6. Radio term for indicating the end of a transmission segment

7. English theoretical physicist who created the delta function now named after him

8. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

9. Web's most popular radio frequency engineering site (2 ltrs. + 1 wd.)

12. Ethoxyethane

14. Translated lower frequencies to higher frequencies

16. Coefficient of temperature (abbr.)

18. Subatomic particle having a mass between that of an electron and a proton

21. Input winding of a transformer (pl.)

22. Input intercept point (abbr.)

24. Chemical symbol for strontium

25. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

28. Min-to-max voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

33. Radio term for "Will Comply"

34. Reduction-oxidation (abbr.)

39. Electromagnetic interference (abbr.)

40. End of Life (abbr.)

44. Positive elementary particle found in the nucleus of all atoms

45. Basic storage unit of a database (pl.)

47. Finite-Element Model

49. Small representative graphics

50. Spurious RF products created by metal joints (abbr., pl.)

53. Error checking scheme (abbr.)

54. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

55. Number is divisible only by itself and 1

58. The "E" in BER

59. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

62. Chemical symbol for tin

63. Electronic assembly transport container

65. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

66. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

69. Chemical symbol for lawrencium

70. Chemical symbol for tantalum

72. Unit of time (abbr.)


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Engineering Crossword Solution for December 28, 2014 - RF Cafe