decimalisation
Conversion to a decimal system.
Noun
- Conversion to a decimal system.
- In these days of decimalization and metrication it is a pity that SI units were not used as this will date a very useful little book prematurely. - 1971 April 30, “Research by Experiment”, in Nature, volume 230, number...
- 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).
Origin
Etymology tree English decimal English -ise English decimalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English decimalisation From decimalise + -ation.