🇬🇧 en de 🇩🇪

litmus test noun

  • (chemistry) A simple test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper.
 Lackmustest
  • (figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a decisive result (for example, determining whether to appoint someone to a job) by measuring a single indicator.
 Lackmustest, Nagelprobe, Prüfstein
Wiktionary Links