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triethylamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
tri-ethyl-amine
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tertiary amine (CH₃-CH₂)₃N, having many industrial uses.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From tri- + ethyl + -amine.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

triethylamines (plural)

Phrases

-amine tri-

Frequently Paired Words

amine -amine ethyl ethylamine tri- triethanolamine

Synonyms

TEA

Questions

What does triethylamine mean?
The tertiary amine (CH₃-CH₂)₃N, having many industrial uses.
Where does triethylamine come from?
From tri- + ethyl + -amine.

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