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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.

.