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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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