| decima | In 1971 the United Kingdom changed its currency to the decimal system. |
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| decimal | (n) a number in the decimal system |
| decimal | (adj) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten, Syn. denary, Example: the decimal system |
| decimal digit | (n) a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation |
| decimal fraction | (n) a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10, Syn. decimal |
| decimalization | (n) the act of changing to a decimal system, Syn. decimalisation, Example: the decimalization of British currency |
| decimalize | (v) change from fractions to decimals, Syn. decimalise, Example: Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000 |
| decimalize | (v) change to the decimal system, Syn. decimalise, Example: The country decimalized the currency in 1975 |
| decimal notation | (n) any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9) |
| decimal numeration system | (n) a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten, Syn. decimal system, decimal number system |
| decimal point | (n) the dot at the left of a decimal fraction, Syn. point, percentage point |
| Decimal | n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Decimal | a. [ F. décimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr. L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime. ] Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller;
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| decimalisation | n. same as decimalization. |
| decimalise | v. |
| decimalism | n. The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| decimalization | n. the act of changing to a decimal system; |
| Decimalize | v. t. to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency) to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; |
| Decimally | adv. By tens; by means of decimals. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Decimate | v. t. |
| Decimation | n. [ L. decimatio: cf. F. décimation. ] |