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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 saponification
 皂化

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sa·pon·i·fi·ca·tion /səˌpɑnəfəˈkeʃən/ 名詞
 皂化(作用)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sa·pon·i·fi·ca·tion n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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)