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litmus test

noun

Chemistry.��the use of litmus paper or solution to test the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
a crucial and revealing test in which there is one decisive factor.

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First recorded in 1955–60; so called from chemical tests in which litmus or litmus paper is an indicator

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The heat is a litmus test of where my mental edges are at — how long I need to return to my body after the week’s stresses.

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The provocative images that Mike White leaves viewers to consider provide a litmus test of our own hidden desires and twisted worldviews.

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Vouchers got tied up in the culture war and became a litmus test for which side of the culture war a legislator stands on.

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Each of the points is a litmus test for the viewer.

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It is a litmus test for the ICC's ability to function effectively in an increasingly polarised climate.

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