saponulesaponuln.
/ˈsapənjuːl//ˈsapənʌl/ Chemistry.
(See quot. 1897.)
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1794 G. Pearson tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Table Chem. Nomencl. Pl. 4 end Saponules of Turpentine, &c.
1802 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. II. 182 The French chemists have proposed to give the combinations which these bodies form with the volatile oils the name of savonules, which Dr. Pearson has translated by the term saponules.
1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Saponule, term for an imperfect and partial soap formed by incomplete saponification of volatile..oils by means of various bases.
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