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DECIMALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decimalization mean?
• DECIMALIZATION (noun)
The noun DECIMALIZATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of changing to a decimal system
Familiarity information: DECIMALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of changing to a decimal system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
decimalisation; decimalization
Context example:
the decimalization of British currency
Hypernyms ("decimalization" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Derivation:
decimalize (change to the decimal system)
decimalize (change from fractions to decimals)
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