Litmus vs. Test

Litmusnoun

(uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.

Litmusnoun

A simple test of acidity in a liquid using litmus, usually in the form of litmus paper.

Litmusnoun

A simple test of any attribute; a litmus test.

Litmusnoun

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.

Litmusnoun

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

Litmusnoun

a dye obtained from certain lichens that is red under acid conditions and blue under alkaline conditions.

Litmus

Litmus is a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens. It is often absorbed onto filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indicator, used to test materials for acidity.

Testnoun

A challenge, trial.

Testnoun

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Testnoun

(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

Testnoun

A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

Testnoun

A Test match.

Testnoun

(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.

Testnoun

(botany) Testa; seed coat.

Testnoun

(obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Testnoun

(obsolete) A witness.

Testnoun

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Testverb

To challenge.

Testverb

To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

Testverb

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

Testverb

(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

Testverb

To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.

Testverb

(copulative) To be shown to be by test.

Testverb

(chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

Testverb

To attest (a document) legally, and date it.

Testverb

To make a testament, or will.

Testnoun

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Testnoun

Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

Testnoun

Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

Testnoun

That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

Testnoun

Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

Testnoun

Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Testnoun

A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

Testnoun

A set of questions to be answered or problems to be solved, used as a means to measure a person's knowledge, aptitude, skill, intelligence, etc.; in school settings, synonymous with examination or exam; as, an intelligence test. Also used attributively; as a test score, test results.

Testnoun

A witness.

Testnoun

The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

Testnoun

The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.

Testverb

To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

Testverb

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

Testverb

To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

Testverb

To administer a test to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction.

Testverb

To make a testament, or will.

Testnoun

any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc;

Testnoun

the act of testing something;

Testnoun

the act of undergoing testing;

Testnoun

trying something to find out about it;

Testnoun

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge;

Testnoun

a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

Testverb

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

Testverb

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;

Testverb

examine someone's knowledge of something;

Testverb

show a certain characteristic when tested;

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achieve a certain score or rating on a test;

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determine the presence or properties of (a substance)

Testverb

undergo a test;