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decimalize

de·ci·ma·lize

UK/ˈdɛsɪməlaɪz/ uncommon

verb

1.

change from fractions to decimals

  • “Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000”
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2.

change to the decimal system

  • “The country decimalized the currency in 1975”
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Origin

From decimal + -ize.

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