Decimalization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

decimalization
    n 1: the act of changing to a decimal system; "the
         decimalization of British currency" [syn: {decimalization},
         {decimalisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decimalize \Dec"i*mal*ize\, v. t.
   to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency)
   to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as,
   to decimalize the currency. -- {Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

decimalization \decimalization\ n.
   the act of changing to a decimal system; as, the
   decimalization of the British currency.

   Syn: decimalisation.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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