decimalize meaning

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decimalize (verb): change from fractions to decimals.

Spelling: decimalise (British) · decimalize (American)

decimalize has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

decimalize as a verb

  1. change from fractions to decimals
    • Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000

    Synonyms: decimalise

    Type of: change

    Related forms: decimalization, decimal

  2. change to the decimal system
    • The country decimalized the currency in 1975

    Synonyms: decimalise

    Type of: convert

    Related forms: decimalization, decimal

Scrabble score: 24 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in ZE · 10-letter words

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