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trimethylamine en · NOUN

Etymology

From trimethyl + amine.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The tertiary amine (CH₃)₃N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition.
   • 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. 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:

Forms

Deriveds

trimethylaminuria

Translations (6)

kk үшметиламин ((CH3)3N) · ms trimetilamin ((CH3)3N) · ca trimetilamina ((CH3)3N) · ru триметилами́н ((CH3)3N) · fr triméthylamine ((CH3)3N) · cmn 三甲胺 ((CH3)3N)