saponification - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'saponification' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Saponification

[ n.]

- 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.

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