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trimethylate

trimethylate verb: to introduce three methyl groups into a molecule.

Verb

trimethylate (third-person singular simple present trimethylates, present participle trimethylating, simple past and past participle trimethylated)

  1. To introduce three methyl groups into a molecule

Forms of trimethylate

third-person singular presenttrimethylates
present participletrimethylating
past participletrimethylated
pasttrimethylated

Origin of trimethylate

From tri- + methylate.

Questions about trimethylate

What does trimethylate mean?
Trimethylate means to introduce three methyl groups into a molecule.
What part of speech is trimethylate?
Trimethylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of trimethylate?
The past tense of trimethylate is trimethylated.

Words near trimethylate in the dictionary

  1. trimethylaniline
  2. trimethylanilines
  3. trimethylarsine
  4. trimethylase
  5. trimethylases
  6. trimethylate
  7. trimethylated
  8. trimethylates
  9. trimethylating
  10. trimethylation
  11. trimethylations

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