| VERB | change | decimalize, decimalise | change from fractions to decimals |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | decimalize, decimalise | change to the decimal system |
| Meaning | change from fractions to decimals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000" | |
| Synonym | decimalise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | decimal | a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 |
| decimalization | the act of changing to a decimal system | |
| Meaning | change to the decimal system. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The country decimalized the currency in 1975" | |
| Synonym | decimalise | |
| Broader | convert, change over | change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy |
| Spanish | decimalizar | |
| Catalan | decimalitzar | |
| Nouns | decimal | a number in the decimal system |
| decimalization | the act of changing to a decimal system | |
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