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decimalize
especially British, ···
[des-uh-muh-lahyz, des-muh-]
decimalize
/ ˈɛɪəˌɪ /
verb
to change (a system, number, etc) to the decimal system
Britain has decimalized her currency
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Other Word Forms
- decimalization noun
- ˌˈپDz noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of decimalize1
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Example Sentences
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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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