Definition of decimalize in English:
decimalize
(British decimalise)
verb ˈdɛsɪm(ə)lʌɪzˈdɛsəməˌlaɪz
[with object]Convert (a system of coinage or weights and measures) to a decimal system.
把（硬币、重量或度量等量度）改为十进制
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, Russia was the first country to decimalize its currency and the third country (after China and France under John Law) ‘to make sustained use of inconvertible paper money.’
- We only started using decimalised currency 33 years ago.
- Secondly, in 1971 the whole coinage was decimalized in preparation for Britain's entry into the EEC.
- These magazines listed the rank of games solely from subscriber feedback, where ratings were compiled within a ten point decimalized system.
- In 1960 a new decimalized currency of rands and cents replaced sterling.
- It also seeks to explain why the introduction of decimalized charts took longer in Belgium than other countries such as France.
- For example, after the French Revolution, the French seriously considered decimalising time; extending the week to accommodate ten days.
Derivatives
noun dɛsɪməlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
He is confident that the new currency is being so well regulated that the difficulties faced by people adapting to decimalisation will not happen with the €uro.
Example sentencesExamples
- They have been adept at adjusting to changes that had been widely expected to cut into their livelihood - ranging from the end to fixed commissions in 1975 to decimalization.
- As a country with some recent experience of currency change, the UK should remember the inflationary aspects of decimalisation in 1971.
- It is the UK's biggest consumer project since decimalisation.
- The rollout, which is being billed as the biggest UK financial changeover since decimalisation, will happen simultaneously across the country and not region by region.
Definition of decimalize in US English:
decimalize
(British decimalise)
verbˈdɛsəməˌlaɪzˈdesəməˌlīz
[with object]Convert (a system of coinage or weights and measures) to a decimal system.
把（硬币、重量或度量等量度）改为十进制
Example sentencesExamples
- These magazines listed the rank of games solely from subscriber feedback, where ratings were compiled within a ten point decimalized system.
- In 1960 a new decimalized currency of rands and cents replaced sterling.
- For example, Russia was the first country to decimalize its currency and the third country (after China and France under John Law) ‘to make sustained use of inconvertible paper money.’
- For example, after the French Revolution, the French seriously considered decimalising time; extending the week to accommodate ten days.
- We only started using decimalised currency 33 years ago.
- It also seeks to explain why the introduction of decimalized charts took longer in Belgium than other countries such as France.
- Secondly, in 1971 the whole coinage was decimalized in preparation for Britain's entry into the EEC.