"decimalisation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdɛsɪməlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ [UK] Forms: decimalisations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From decimalise + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|decimalise|ation}} decimalise + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} decimalisation (usually uncountable, plural decimalisations)
  1. Conversion to a decimal system. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-decimalisation-en-noun-vvwKnRlp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 64 36
  2. Specifically, conversion of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): History of the United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-decimalisation-en-noun-Di1o0wBS Disambiguation of History of the United Kingdom: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: decimalization Derived forms: pre-decimalisation Related terms: decimal, decimalise, old money

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