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Webster 1913 Edition
Trimethylamine
Tri-methˊyl-am′ine
,Noun.
[
Trimethyl-
+ amine
.] (Chem.)
A colorless volatile alkaline liquid,
N.(CH3)3
, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups. Definition 2024
trimethylamine
trimethylamine
See also: triméthylamine
English
Noun
trimethylamine (countable and uncountable, plural trimethylamines)
- (organic chemistry) The tertiary amine (CH3)3N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition.
Translations
(CH3)3N
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