decimalize

/ˌdɛsəməˈlaɪz/
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Other forms: decimalized; decimalizing; decimalizes

Definitions of decimalize
  1. verb
    change from fractions to decimals
    “Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000”
    synonyms: decimalise
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    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  2. verb
    change to the decimal system
    “The country decimalized the currency in 1975”
    synonyms: decimalise
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    type of:
    change over, convert
    change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
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