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Verb: decimalize  'de-su-mu,lIz
  1. Change to the decimal system
    "The country decimalized the currency in 1975";
    - decimalise [Brit]
     
  2. Change from fractions to decimals
    "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000";
    - decimalise [Brit]

Derived forms: decimalized, decimalizing, decimalizes

Type of: alter, change, change over, convert, modify