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Webster 1913 Edition


Diethylamine

Di-ethˊyl-am′ine

,
Noun.
[Pref.
di-
+
ethylamine
.]
(Chem.)
A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid,
NH(C2H5)2
, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf.
Methylamine
.

Definition 2024


diethylamine

diethylamine

English

Noun

diethylamine (countable and uncountable, plural diethylamines)

  1. (organic chemistry) The secondary amine (CH3CH2)2NH