Meanings
nountrimethylamine (countable and uncountable, plural trimethylamines)
plural trimethylamines
- countableuncountablechemistryThe 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
Origin
Translations
Catalan trimetilamina
- trimetilamina(CH3)3N
Chinese Mandarin 三甲胺
- 三甲胺 (sānjiǎ'àn)(CH3)3N
French triméthylamine
- triméthylamine(CH3)3N
Malay trimetilamin
- trimetilamin(CH3)3N
Russian триметилами́н
- триметилами́н (trimetilamín)(CH3)3N
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