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Litmus test
litmus test
(litmus tests) If you say that something is a litmus test of something, you mean that it is an effective and definite way of proving it or measuring it. Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreements’ validity... The success of wind power represents a litmus test for renewable energy. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of/for n
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noun Date: 1952 a test in which a single factor (as an attitude, event, or fact) is decisive ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ n 1 something that makes it clear what someone's attitude, intentions etc are (The election will be an interesting litmus test on the `greening' of politics.) 2 a test using litmus paper litotes ~ n technical a way of expressing your meaning by using a word that has the opposite meaning with a negative word such as `not', for example by saying `not bad' when you mean `good' ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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