decimalize

especially British, dec·i·mal·ise

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

verb (used with object)

decimalized, decimalizing 

1. to reduce to a decimal system.

decimalize

/ ˈdɛsɪməˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to change (a system, number, etc) to the decimal system

   Britain has decimalized her currency

Other Word Forms

• decimalization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of decimalize¹

First recorded in 1855–60; decimal + -ize

Example Sentences

But for decades, the British government had been pushing people to use the metric system, used in most of the world and developed using decimalized metric standards during the French Revolution.

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While cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, a number of states have increasingly passed legislation to decimalize it.

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In England proposals for decimalizing the coinage have long been under discussion at intervals.

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