n. The chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beer and wine making.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. That department of technological chemistry which treats of the scientific principles of wine-making, brewing, and distilling, and the preparation of yeast and vinegar, in which processes fermentation plays the principal part.
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n. the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
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