Trimethylamine
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The tertiary amine (CH₃)₃N; a colourless gas with a fishy smell that is a product of animal and vegetable decomposition. countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From trimethyl + amine.
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