Associations to the word «Saponification»
Wiktionary
SAPONIFICATION, noun. (chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
SAPONIFICATION, noun. The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.
Dictionary definition
SAPONIFICATION, noun. A chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap).
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.