Cross Wars: The Impedance Strikes Back

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Across
  1. 2. a unit of work. When used to show power usage, one horsepower is equivalent to 746 watts
  2. 4. electrical potential difference
  3. 6. prefix meaning 1,000
  4. 7. measured in hertz
  5. 9. voltage generated by a battery or by the magnetic force according to Faraday's Law
  6. 12. the total opposing force to the flow of current in an ac circuit.
  7. 15. a combination of two or more chemical cells connected together electronically to produce electrical energy.
  8. 16. early proponent of alternating current
  9. 18. the capacitance value of a capacitor of which there appears a potential difference of one volt
  10. 20. measured in amperes
  11. 21. an electrical term meaning to connect to the earth.
  12. 22. light Emitting Diode
  13. 23. the ability of a body to store an electrical charge
  14. 25. the amount of electrical power required by connected electrical equipment.
  15. 26. 1000 watts of real power
  16. 27. early proponent of direct current
  17. 28. a conductive path over which an electric charge may flow.
Down
  1. 1. a logarithmic mathematical ratio that indicates a devices electric or acoustic signal to that of another
  2. 3. the flow of electrons through a conducting medium
  3. 5. An electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals
  4. 7. Any change in the magnetic environment of a coil of wire will cause a voltage (emf) to be "induced" in the coil
  5. 8. the positive electrode
  6. 10. a material with 5-8 valence electrons
  7. 11. a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
  8. 13. a device that converts DC electricity into single or multiphase AC electricity.
  9. 14. the unit expressing the rate of flow of an electric current
  10. 17. A standard system used in the United States for designating the size of an electrical conductor based on a geometric progression between two conductor sizes.
  11. 19. a two-terminal electronic component with an asymmetric transfer characteristic
  12. 23. a material with 1- 3 valence electrons
  13. 24. passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy in an electric field