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LITMUS PAPER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does litmus paper mean?

• LITMUS PAPER (noun)
The noun LITMUS PAPER has 1 sense:

1. unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator

Familiarity information: LITMUS PAPER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LITMUS PAPER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("litmus paper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Meronyms (substance of "litmus paper"):

litmus; litmus test (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)

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