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Definition: Litmus Test |
Litmus TestNoun1. A coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator. 2. A test that relies on a single indicator; "her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Litmus TestSynonym: litmus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration); criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
litmus test | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Litmus Test" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: litmust test, litnus test. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-s-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: sluttiest, smuttiest. | |
-2 letters: litmuses, lustiest, mustiest. | |
-3 letters: lutists, mueslis, tittles, tutties. | |
-4 letters: islets, istles, litmus, lutist, missel, misset, misuse, muesli, mussel, mutest, sliest, slimes, smelts, smiles, smites, stiles, stilts, stimes, suites, telium, testis, tissue, titles, tittle, tmesis, tussle, tuttis. | |
-5 letters: emits, etuis, ileum, ileus, isles, islet, issue, istle, items, lieus, limes, lists, lusts, lutes, melts. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-s-s-t-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: instrumentalist. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 74 6D 75 73 54 65 73 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01110100 01101101 01110101 01110011 00100000 01010100 01100101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i t m u s   T e s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0074 006D 0075 0073 0054 0065 0073 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467586798785254718586 |
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