3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hydrolysis \Hy*drol"y*sis\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -lysis.] (Chem.) A chemical process causing the splitting of a chemical bond by the addition of the elements of water. Where the bond which is split is not part of a ring structure, this process causes formation of two compounds from one compound plus water, as in the hydrolysis of the ester bonds of fats during {saponification}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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