[syn: decimalize, decimalise]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decimalize
v 1: change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be
decimalized in the year 2000" [syn: decimalize,
decimalise]
2: change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the
currency in 1975" [syn: decimalize, decimalise]