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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
Sense 1
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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