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decimal system |
decimal system of classification |
decimalisation |
decimalise |
decimalization |
decimalize
| decimate
| decimation
| decimeter
| decimetre
| decimus junius juvenalis
decimalize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb decimalize has 2 senses
- decimalize(v = verb.change) decimalise - change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000" is one way to alter, change, modify
- decimalize(v = verb.change) decimalise - change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975" is one way to change over, convert
Derived forms noun decimal1, noun decimalization1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun decimal2, noun decimalization1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
decimalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 express as a decimal.
2 convert to a decimal system (esp. of coinage).
1 express as a decimal.
2 convert to a decimal system (esp. of coinage).
Derivative
decimalization n.
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