DECIMALIZE

decimalize, decimalise

(verb) change to the decimal system; “The country decimalized the currency in 1975”

decimalize, decimalise

(verb) change from fractions to decimals; “Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

decimalize (third-person singular simple present decimalizes, present participle decimalizing, simple past and past participle decimalized)

(transitive, intransitive): To convert to the decimal system.

Synonyms

• decimate (obsolete)

Anagrams

• medicalize

Source: Wiktionary


Dec"i*mal*ize, v. t.

Definition: To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.

– Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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