decimalisation

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Meaning

1. noun Conversion to a decimal system.
2. noun 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).

Similar words

decimalization decimalism decimal decimal system decimal time binary decimal decimal number decimal point duodecimality octavation

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decimalisations decimalization