1) Acid indicator 2) Acid or base indicator 3) Acid test 4) Acid test paper 5) Acid-base indicator 6) Acid-testing paper 7) Acidity tester 8) Benchmark test 9) Blue coloring matter 10) Chem lab colorant 11) Chem test paper 12) Chemical indicator 13) Dye used by chemists 14) English rock music group
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1) Dye 2) Turnsole
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A mixture of pigments extracted from certain lichens that turns blue in basic solution and red in acidic solution.
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Litmus is a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. It is often absorbed onto filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indicator, used to test materials for acidity. Blue litmus paper turns red under acidic conditions and red litmus paper turns blue under basic (i.e. alkaline) con...
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[Mozilla] Litmus is a web-based, open source, test case management/QA tool maintained by the Mozilla Corporation/Mozilla Foundation. Litmus can be downloaded from the Mozilla CVS server. Mozilla uses the tool to test its own products. As of 2012, it is being replaced with MozTrap. ==Requirements== Litmus depends on Apache (web server) and M...
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• (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
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mixture of coloured organic compounds obtained from several species of lichen that grow in The Netherlands, particularly Lecanora tartarea and ... [1 related articles]
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Plant pigment commonly used as an acid base indicator.Litmus is red (or pink) in an acid, and blue in a base.
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An indicator that turns red in acid and blue in alkaline solution.
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<chemistry> A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain colouring matters related to orcin and orcein. ... Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and restored to its blue colour by alkalies,...
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(lit´mәs) a blue pigment prepared from Rocella tinctoria and other lichens. litmus paper absorbent paper impregnated with a solution of litmus, dried and cut into strips. It is used to indicate the acidity or alkalinity of solutions. If dipped into alkaline solution it rema...
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Lit'mus noun [ Dutch
lakmoes ;
lak lacker +
moes a thick preparation of fruit, pap, probably akin to English
meat : confer German
lackmus . See
Lac a resinous substance.]
(Chemistry) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (
Roccella tinctoria...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: lit′mŭs Definitions: 1. A blue coloring matter obtained from Roccella tinctoria and other species of lichens, the principal component of which is azolitmin; used as an indicator (reddened by acids and turned blue again by alkalies).
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Litmus: A pigment used as a test for acidity and alkalinity. Litmus paper turns red in acid and blue in an alkaline solution. Litmus is prepared from lichens like Roccella tinctoria. Figuratively, a litmus test is a decision in which a single factor is the determinant.
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Litmus or lacmus is a dye derived from Roccella tinctoria and certain other lichens. Paper tinged blue by litmus is reddened by the feeblest acids, and hence is used to test pH (acidity and alkalinity). Litmus paper which has been reddened by an acid has its blue colour restored by an alkali.
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It is a coloured dye which is often used to coat special strips of paper called litmus paper.
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n] - a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions
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litmus test noun 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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Dye obtained from various lichens and used in chemistry as an indicator to test the acidic or alkaline nature of aqueous solutions; it turns red in the presence of acid, and blue in the presence of alkali
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an indicator that turns red in acid and blue in alkaline solution.
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