Trimethylamine

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  • n. The tertiary amine (CH3)3N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A substituted ammonia in which the three hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl, N(CH3)3.
  • Word Usage
    "It consists in submitting to the action of heat the hydrochlorate of trimethylamine, which is obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of potash of beets."
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