saponification

American  

[suh-pahn-uh-fi-kay-shuhn] / səˌpɑn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the process or product of saponifying.

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Example Sentences

It then brings the cooking oil and grease to a plant in Comayagua, where they are purified and processed in a reaction known as saponification.

From BBC

It does sound magical that a human being could turn into glass, but far better if studying the Guardian can prevent vaporizing, volatilization and vitrification — or saponification — of anyone else.

From Salon

Sometimes fat in the body can turn to a soaplike substance after death that preserves tissue, a process called saponification.

From Science Magazine

In a process called saponification, they chemically treated the samples to "digest" the fat and proteins into a kind of soap.

From Science Daily

This method that I use for making soap is called cold process, where no additional heat is used to facilitate or speed up the saponification process.

From Salon