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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SAPONIFICA'TION, n. Conversion into soap.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
Merriam Webster's
noun see saponify
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
