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litmus paper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
lit-mus -pa-per
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

paper containing a water-soluble pH indicator composed of a mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity, turning red when acidic and blue when alkaline.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

litmus papers (plural)

Questions

What does litmus paper mean?
paper containing a water-soluble pH indicator composed of a mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity, turning red when acidic and blue when alkaline.

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