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saponification


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saponification  \Sa*pon`i*fi*ca"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  saponification. 
  See  {Saponify}.] 
  The  act  process,  or  result,  of  soap  making;  conversion  into 
  soap;  specifically  (Chem.),  the  decomposition  of  fats  and 
  other  ethereal  salts  by  alkalies;  as  the  saponification  of 
  ethyl  acetate. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  saponification 
  n  :  a  chemical  reaction  in  which  an  ester  is  heated  with  an 
  alkali  (especially  the  alkaline  hydrolysis  of  a  fat  or 
  oil  to  make  soap) 




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