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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)

  1. (organic chemistry) The tertiary amine (CH3)3N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition.

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