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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.