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dec⋅i⋅mal⋅ize

  [des-uh-muh-lahyz, des-muh-]
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–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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dec·i·mal·ize   (děs'ə-mə-līz')   
tr.v.   dec·i·mal·ized, dec·i·mal·iz·ing, dec·i·mal·iz·es
To change to a decimal system.
dec'i·mal·i·za'tion (-mə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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