Litmus

  • 21litmus paper — litmus ,paper noun uncount paper that contains litmus . If the paper touches an acid, it turns red, and if it touches an ALKALI, it turns blue …

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  • 22litmus paper — ► NOUN ▪ paper stained with litmus, used as a test for acids or alkalis …

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  • 23litmus test — ► NOUN 1) a test using litmus. 2) a decisively indicative test …

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  • 24litmus paper — n. absorbent paper treated with litmus and used as an acid base indicator …

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  • 25Litmus (Mozilla) — Infobox Software name = Litmus logo = caption = developer = Chris Cooper latest release version = 0.9 latest release date = operating system = Cross platform genre = Test case management/QA license = MPL website = [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Litmus… …

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  • 26Litmus test (politics) — A litmus test is a question asked of a potential candidate for high office, the answer to which would determine whether the nominating official would choose to proceed with the appointment or nomination. (The expression is a metaphor based on the …

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  • 27litmus test — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms litmus test : singular litmus test plural litmus tests 1) an event, decision etc that provides a clear sign of what someone is really like or what their intentions are The vote will be a litmus test for how… …

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  • 28litmus test — [[t]lɪ̱tməs test[/t]] litmus tests N COUNT: usu sing, usu N of/for n If you say that something is a litmus test of something such as the quality or success of a particular thing, you mean that it is an effective and definite way of proving it or… …

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  • 29litmus test — 1. Chem. the use of litmus paper or solution to test the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. 2. a crucial and revealing test in which there is one decisive factor. [1955 60; so called from chemical tests in which litmus or litmus paper is an… …

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  • 30litmus test — noun a) A simple test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper. Temple, under its new coach, Ray Morrison, formerly of Vanderbilt, will be put to the blue litmus test Friday night when it takes on Georgetown. b) Any test… …

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