Physics & Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Headlines
October 30, 2016

For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Enjoy!


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

Physics & Engineering Crossword Puzzle for October 30, 2016 - RF Cafe

ACROSS DOWN
1. Greek symbol commonly used to represent angles

5. Tunable

11. Relating to the sun

15. Part of this website's title

16. Mr. Dirac's first name

17. Army-Navy specification prefix

18. Chemical symbol for lithium

19. Miniature RF connector (pl.)

20. 1e-6 mA

21. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

22. Type of current

24. Antenna type derived from simple weighted wires dropped from Zeppelin airships

25. A BPF specification (abbr.)

26. European equivalent to the U.L.

28. Frequency Division Duplex

30. Chemical symbol for ruthenium

31. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

32. Precision approach radar (abbr.)

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

35. Chemical symbol for antimony

36. Curve traced out by a point which moves around another point with an ever increasing radius

37. Chemical symbol for argon

38. Local Oscillator (abbr.)

39. Mr. de Forest's first name

41. Its chemical symbol is Zn

44. Adjusts a pot

46. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)

47. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (abbr.)

49. Another name for amateur radio

52. Front end of a rocket

53. One of many similar appendages of a fan

54. Chemical symbol for tin

55. Hedy _____, Hollywood actress with first patent for spread spectrum communications

56. High-speed multimedia (abbr.)

59. The nearest star - Alpha ________

60. Quickly changing portion of waveform

63. Exponent that returns the original number

64. Maximum voltage in a waveform

66. This calculus operation yields current through an inductor

69. Yttrium Aluminum Garnet

70. Type of logic gate

71. Chemical symbol for calcium

72. Logs onto a hard drive

75. Test point (abbr.)

77. Chemical symbol for praseodymium

78. Programmable Logic Device (abbr.)

79. Chemical symbol for cadmium

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

82. Sample group

84. Chemical symbol for selenium

85. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

86. Target indication on a radar display

87. Chemical symbol for holmium

88. Write-Once (abbr.)

89. Chemical symbol for neodymium

91. Volts divided by resistance

93. Chemical symbol for nickel

94. 1.602E-19 Joules

96. The "R" in BER

98. Chemical symbol for rhodium

99. Mr. Ohm's first name

100. _____ _____ - popular author on engineering situations (first & last name)

101. The "A" in BGA

1. Systematic approach to locating the cause of a fault in an electronic circuit or system

2. 3 MHz to 30 MHz

3. Attenuator topology (pl.)

4. A common battery cell size

5. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz ______

6. Intel x86 command for " jump if above"

7. Decompress a computer file

8. International phonetic alphabet letter "A"

9. Chemical symbol for bismuth

10. ______ velocity - speed necessary to become free of the Earth's gravitational force

11. Chemical symbol for scandium

12. International phonetic alphabet letter "O"

13. Army-Navy specification prefix

14. Another name for Morse code

21. 300 Hz to 3 kHz in audio (abbr.)

23. Chemical symbol for copper

25. Type of modulation (abbr.)

27. Chemical symbol for erbium

29. Logarithmic reflectivity unit

32. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

34. Adjust a pot

38. Line of Sight (abbr.)

40. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

42. A false signal produced in a superheterodyne receiver's circuitry

43. Part of CRC

44. One state of matter

45. Determined temporal distance between events

46. Galilean moon

48. Big Blue

50. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type)

51. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

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

57. Signal-to-noise ratio (abbr.)

58. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

61. Chemical symbol for dysprosium

62. Key feature in a high level overvoltage protection device

64. Attenuator

65. MS database

67. A gaseous substance that can be liquefied by pressure alone (pl.)

68. Logic family (abbr.)

71. Opposite of set

73. Path followed by a heavenly body around a star

74. Wrapped plastic insulation around an electrical joint

76. Physical quantity defined as being the work done per unit time

78. Unit of time (abbr.)

80. Decimeter (abbr.)

81. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

83. Part of a FOR loop

90. Morse Code for "from"

92. Chemical symbol for magnesium

93. Chemical symbol for nobelium

95. Unit of apparent power (abbr.)

97. Chemical symbol for tantalum

98. Chemical symbol for radium


See solution below

 

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Physics & Engineering Crossword Puzzle Solution for October 30, 2016 - RF Cafe