Saponification
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The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion intosoap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and otherethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.
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the chemical reaction between a fat or oil and an alkali , which produces soap
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