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DECIMALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decimalisation mean?
• DECIMALISATION (noun)
The noun DECIMALISATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of changing to a decimal system
Familiarity information: DECIMALISATION 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 ("decimalisation" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Derivation:
decimalise (change to the decimal system)
decimalise (change from fractions to decimals)
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