"decimalize" meaning in English

See decimalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪməlaɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decimalize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: decimalizes [present, singular, third-person], decimalizing [participle, present], decimalized [participle, past], decimalized [past], decimalise [alternative]
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  1. (transitive, intransitive): To convert to the decimal system. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: decimate [obsolete] Derived forms: undecimalized Related terms: decimalization Translations (to convert to the decimal system): decimalizzare (Italian), decimalizar (Portuguese), decimalizar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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