decimalise

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dec⋅i⋅mal⋅ize

[des-uh-muh-lahyz, des-muh-]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

to reduce to a decimal system.

Also, especially British, dec⋅i⋅mal⋅ise.

Origin:
1855–60; decimal + -ize

Related forms:

dec⋅i⋅mal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

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decimalise
verb
1.	change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000" [syn: decimalize]
2.	change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975" [syn: decimalize]

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