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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decimalize
       v 1: change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be
            decimalized in the year 2000" [syn: {decimalise}]
       2: change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the
          currency in 1975" [syn: {decimalise}]

















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