trimethylamine

See also: triméthylamine

English

Etymology

From trimethyl +‎ amine.

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.
   • 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

(CH₃)₃N

• Catalan: trimetilamina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三甲胺 (zh) (sānjiǎ'àn)

• French: triméthylamine f
• Kazakh: үшметиламин (üşmetilamin)
• Malay: trimetilamin
• Russian: триметилами́н (ru) m (trimetilamín)