trimethylamine
See also: triméthylamine
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
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.
- 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:
- We would get fresh fish every Friday, carp and pike, which my mother would grind to make the gefilte fish for shabbas. One Friday I added a little trimethylamine to the fish, and when my mother smelled this, she grimaced and threw the lot away.
Translations edit
(CH3)3N
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