trimethylamine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The 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.”