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What is a litmus test?

What is a litmus test? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) A simple test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a decisive result by measuring a single indicator.
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My other reason is selfish I guess, maybe I'm using it as a litmus test to uncover kindred spirits that enjoy the same things that I do.
Well, the main litmus test, and it's written into the law, is that the U.S. parent company cannot directly manage or directly own the subsidiary.
Now it appears that the infallible litmus test of whether one is on the right track is whether most people think the contrary.
By the 1900s, it had become the litmus test of public health among the medical profession and the urban middle class.
The first is that, once again, we have legislation that is a litmus test in terms of the difference between this Government and the Opposition.
According to some who have worked there, the White House counsel's office doesn't run candidates through an ideological litmus test.

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