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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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