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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.0.44 :   [ 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 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) 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)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  saponification
     n.
     1 (lb en chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions
  to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
     2 The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form
  soap.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  saponification
     n.
     1 (lb en chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions
  to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
     2 The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form
  soap.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  saponification
     n.
     1 (lb en chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions
  to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
     2 The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form
  soap.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  saponification
     n.
     1 (lb en chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions
  to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
     2 The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form
  soap.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  saponification
     Englanti n.
     (''kemia'') saippuoituminen, saippuoiminen, saponifikaatio

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  saponification /sˌapənˌɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ 
  zmýdelnatění

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  saponification /sˌapənˌɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/
  saponifikace

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  saponification /sˌapənˌɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/
  Leichenwachsbildung 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  saponification /sˌapənˌɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/
  Verseifung  [chem.]

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  saponification /sˌapənˌɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ 
  鹼化
  hydrolysis of ester

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  saponification /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/ 
  saponificazione

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/səˌpɑnəfəˈkeɪʃən/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 皂化;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 皂化

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