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What is the noun for decimalisation?

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decimal
decimalisation
  1. Conversion to a decimal system.
  2. Specifically, conversion of the currency of the United Kingdom in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence).
  3. Examples:
    1. “During decimalisation of the pound sterling, the general public had the impression that the process was accompanied by rapid inflation.”
      “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.”
      “The decimalisation of the currency in 1971 made no difference to this tradition.”
decimalization
  1. Alternative spelling of decimalisation
  2. Examples:
    1. “Prior to decimalization, the pound was divided into twenty shillings, each shilling into twelve pennies and each penny into four farthings.”
      “Domowitz replied that some types of compensation are changing already, for example, with decimalization in the United States.”
      “The 10 shilling note was replaced by the 50 pence coin during the process of decimalization.”
decimalisations
  1. (rare) plural of decimalisation
decimalizations
  1. (rare) plural of decimalization
decimals
  1. plural of decimal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Without an accurate chart, the precise latitude and longitude, often to three decimals provided by the GPS, is just a set of numbers.”
      “Betfair quote all their prices as decimals rather than traditional fractional odds.”
      “Without decimals, Europe would have remained trapped in the cumbrous Roman system of numeration.”
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