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PRONUNCIATION OF DECIMALISATION

decimalisation  [ˌdɛsɪməlaɪˈzeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECIMALISATION

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decimalisation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECIMALISATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decimalisation

Decimalisation is the process of converting a currency from its previous non-decimal denominations to a decimal system, i.e. a system based on one basic unit of currency and one or more sub-units, such that the number of sub-units in one basic unit is a power of 10, most commonly 100. Today, the only currencies which are in theory not decimal are the Malagasy ariary and the Mauritanian ouguiya, although in practice both of those are members of the large group of currencies with just one unit and no sub-unit.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECIMALISATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECIMALISATION

decillionth
decimal
decimal classification
decimal currency
decimal fraction
decimal place
decimal point
decimal system
decimalism
decimalist
decimalization
decimalize
decimally
decimate
decimation
decimator
decime
decimeter
decimetre
decimetric

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECIMALISATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of decimalisation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decimalisation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECIMALISATION

Find out the translation of decimalisation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decimalisation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decimalisation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

decimalisation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Decimalisation
570 millions of speakers

English

decimalisation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decimalisation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

decimalisation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decimalisation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decimalisation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decimalisation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décimalisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perpuluhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

decimalisation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

decimalisation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decimalisation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decimal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decimalisation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decimalisation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दशमांश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decimalisation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decimalisation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decimalisation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decimalisation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decimalisation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεκαδικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

desimalisasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decimal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decimalisation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decimalisation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIMALISATION»

The term «decimalisation» is normally little used and occupies the 147.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIMALISATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decimalisation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decimalisation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decimalisation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECIMALISATION»

Discover the use of decimalisation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decimalisation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Security Protocols: 15th International Workshop, Brno, Czech ...
2. convert the resulting ciphertext into hexadecimal 3. convert the hexadecimal into a PIN using a “decimalisation table". The ac- tual PIN is usually the first 4 or 6 numerals of the result. The standard decimalisation table used is shown below: ...
Bruce Christianson, Bruno Crispo, James A. Malcolm, 2011
2
New Scientist
WESTMINSTER SCENE Metrication danger Tarn Dalyell MP Looking back on the past 10 years, with all the benefits of hindsight, it is all too clear that decimalisation, which many people simply thought of as a technical change, gave a major ...
3
Decimals and Decimalisation; a Study and Sketch
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Arthur Harvey, 2012
4
Decimals and Decimalisation;
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Arthur Harvey, 2011
5
Pre-Decimalisation Coins of the United Kingdom: Coins of the ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Llc, 2010
6
A New History of the Royal Mint
The Treasury submission analysing the interlocking problems of decimalisation and rebuilding was ready to start its way upwards to ministers early in May 1965. Essentially an amalgam of the Mint's rebuilding report and the Treasury's own ...
Christopher Edgar Challis, 1992
7
The Euro: Consequences for the Consumer and the Citizen: ...
An Anti-Decimal Group was formed more than 3 years before D-Day with members being particularly concerned about the impact of decimalisation on inflation. Surveys showed that 8 out of 10 respondents felt that decimal currency would ...
Thierry Vissol, 1999
8
Identity and Privacy in the Internet Age: 14th Nordic ...
use the same decimalisation table [6], so the table is passed as a parameter to the verify command. Some schemes allow the customer to change her PIN at an ATM. This is achieved by fixing an offset, which when added digitwise modulo 10  ...
Audun Jøsang, Torleiv Maseng, Svein J. Knapskog, 2009
9
Smoot's Ear: The Measure of Humanity
The decimal scale should serve as the base for all the divisions, and that even the success of the general project on weights and measures rests in large part on the adoption of this scale.25 The move to decimalisation reflected a change of ...
Robert Tavernor, 2007
10
Computer Systems: Theory, Technology, and Applications
The typical implementation requires the programmer to send the cryptoproc- essor the account number, a table describing the decimalisation (here, '0123 4567 8901 2345') and the offset. The processor returns the PIN, encrypted under the ...
Andrew James Herbert, Karen I.B. Spaerck Jones, Roger Michael Needham, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECIMALISATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decimalisation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The World's oldest currency - key facts.
Decimalisation was the biggest change in Britain's monetary system. The pound was divided into 100 pence in 1971. Until then, there were 12 ... «CMC Markets Site, Jul 15»
2
Flash and burn: high frequency traders menace financial markets …
One of the most important was the decimalisation of US stock prices [in the 1990s], which allowed stocks to be quoted to the cent, as opposed ... «World Finance, Jul 15»
3
Telegraph at 160: Serious, popular and pioneering
Decimalisation. The Telegraph advises readers: “There are only only three new coins. When you get them in change put them away until you ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Letters, Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Yes, but before decimalisation I would have got 240. Dynamic Dart Advertisement. Like her many, many, others even now they just don't get it. «Sunderland Echo, Jun 15»
5
Nina Stibbe: 'I wish I'd made Alan Bennett a bit funnier. But to me he …
... a child dressed up as a 50 pence piece to commemorate decimalisation – did not disguise the novel's darker side: a woman alone, perilously ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Let's scrap 1p and 2p coins, says HARRY MOUNT
In 1971, the year of decimalisation, a penny was worth 6p in today's terms. Yet the penny is now so worthless that we are in danger of its value ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
Zimbabwe ditches its dollar, ending an economic era
Zimbabwe adopted the Rhodesian dollar in 1970, following decimalisation and the replacement of the pound sterling as the currency. «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
8
Is Greece at risk of becoming the next Zimbabwe?
... has the name that it does (it derives from Saxon times when silver coins were known as sterlings), or when decimalisation occurred (1971). «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
JIM WORSDALE: Why do they have to keep changing everything?
I remain riled by decimalisation and metrication. I am resentful, still, of dictats and decrees from those who insist all change is for the better and ... «Echo, May 15»
10
Nostalgia pictures: more old Cambridge shops, school events, and a …
It was before decimalisation, I think, and I seem to remember you got one stamp for every sixpence you spent on goods like petrol, and things ... «Cambridge News, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Decimalisation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/decimalisation>. Jun 2026 ».
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