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litmus test N no pl

1. litmus test fig (test):

litmus test

2. litmus test CHEM:

litmus test

próba f papierkiem lakmusowym

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The game had been distributed to a few radio stations, and was described as a litmus test of the candidates' political knowledge. en.wikipedia.org

It's a good litmus test to distinguish genuine humanitarians from extremists operating under a charitable guise. www.telegraph.co.uk

I do not pass his litmus test on social policy. en.wikipedia.org

The expression is a metaphor based on the litmus test in chemistry. en.wikipedia.org

Bright and his faction, a majority of the party, began forcing out anti-slavery members of the party leadership, using support of the act as a litmus test of party loyalty. en.wikipedia.org

That's usually my litmus test. en.wikipedia.org

Hence, it can be used to do alkali-acid litmus tests (but the usual litmus test paper does not use alkanet as the agent). en.wikipedia.org

The litmus test is new value or new ideas. www.poynter.org

That is not a bad litmus test of any scholar. en.wikipedia.org

Chicken is so often the litmus test of cooking. news.nationalpost.com

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