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trimethylamine (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 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.