When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
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Litmus
//ˈlɪtməs//
Synonyms for "litmus" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лакмус noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 石蕊 noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Czech
1 entries- lakmus noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Dutch
1 entries- lakmoes noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Finnish
1 entries- lakmus noun (dyestuff from lichen)
French
1 entries- tournesol noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Galician
1 entries- tornasol noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Georgian
1 entries- ლაკმუსი noun (dyestuff from lichen)
German
1 entries- Lackmus noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Greek
1 entries- ηλιοτρόπιο noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Hungarian
1 entries- lakmusz noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Italian
1 entries- tornasole noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Japanese
1 entries- リトマス noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Korean
1 entries- 리트머스 noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Latin
1 entries- lacmus noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Macedonian
1 entries- лакмус noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Māori
1 entries- tohu waikawa noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Persian
1 entries- تورنسل noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Polish
1 entries- lakmus noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Portuguese
1 entries- tornassol noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Russian
1 entries- ла́кмус noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Spanish
1 entries- tornasol noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Swedish
1 entries- lackmus noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Tagalog
1 entries- tornasol noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Turkish
2 entries- turnusol noun (dyestuff from lichen)
- turnusol boyası noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quỳ noun (dyestuff from lichen)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Since primary school we've been checking for the qualities known as acidity and alkalinity with litmus paper.
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These elections will be a litmus test for the government.
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