"litmus paper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: litmus papers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} litmus paper (countable and uncountable, plural litmus papers)
  1. (chemistry) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Measuring instruments, Paper Categories (lifeform): Lichens Translations (Translations): وَرَقَة عَبَّاد اَلشَّمْس (waraqat ʕabbād aš-šams) [feminine] (Arabic), 石蕊試紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 石蕊试纸 (shíruǐshìzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), lakmus kâğıtı (Crimean Tatar), lakmusový papírek [masculine] (Czech), lakmoespapier [neuter] (Dutch), lakmoespapiertje [neuter] (Dutch), lakmuspaperi (Finnish), papier de tournesol [masculine] (French), ლაკმუსის ქაღალდი (laḳmusis kaɣaldi) (Georgian), Lackmuspapier [neuter] (German), χαρτί ηλιοτροπίου (chartí iliotropíou) [neuter] (Greek), נְיַיר לַקְמוּס [masculine] (Hebrew), lakmuszpapír (Hungarian), cartina tornasole [feminine] (Italian), リトマス紙 (ritomasu shi) (Japanese), kertas litmus (Malay), papierek lakmusowy [masculine] (Polish), papel de tornassol [masculine] (Portuguese), ла́кмусовая бума́га (lákmusovaja bumága) [feminine] (Russian), papel de tornasol [masculine] (Spanish), lackmuspapper [neuter] (Swedish), tornasol (Tagalog), turnusol (Turkish), turnusol kağıdı (Turkish), giấy quỳ (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "waraqat ʕabbād aš-šams",
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          "roman": "laḳmusis kaɣaldi",
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          "word": "ლაკმუსის ქაღალდი"
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          "word": "Lackmuspapier"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chartí iliotropíou",
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          "word": "נְיַיר לַקְמוּס"
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          "word": "lakmuszpapír"
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          "word": "cartina tornasole"
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          "roman": "ritomasu shi",
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          "word": "papel de tornassol"
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          "roman": "lákmusovaja bumága",
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