English

Alternative forms

• decimalization

Noun

decimalisation ‎(usually uncountable, plural decimalisations)

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).

Related terms

• decimal
• decimalise

See also

• Wikipedia article on decimalisation

Anagrams

• medicalisation