decimalisation
Base-ten currency shift
Decimalisation is the process of converting a system to decimal units, especially a country's currency.
Britain's decimalisation in 1971 replaced pounds, shillings, and pence with a simpler 100-pence pound: Many older Britons still remember decimalisation.
The spelling is British; Americans write decimalization.
Weight, strike, or kennel
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- penceBritish currency units
- sterlingPure silver alloy
- coinageInvented term or currency
florin · guinea · halfpenny · farthing · threepence · sixpence · monetary · conversion
Shift to decimal measurement
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
simplification · harmonization · conversion · restructuring · regulation · amendment · codification · policy
Part divided by whole
- digitSingle numeric character
- numerationAssigning numerical values
- mantissaLogarithm's fractional component
- floating-pointDecimal number representation
hundredths · tenths · thousandths · rounding · notation · computation · arithmetic
Universal measurement framework
- metricStandard of measurement
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
- kilogramBase unit of mass
- metreBase metric length unit
litre · gram · millimetre · hectare · centigrade · calibration · precision · accuracy
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
coinage · florin · guinea · halfpenny · farthing · threepence · sixpence · monetary · conversion · denomination
metrication
Shift to decimal measurement
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
changeover · simplification · harmonization · conversion · restructuring · regulation · amendment · codification · policy · implementation
fraction
Part divided by whole
- digitSingle numeric character
- numerationAssigning numerical values
- mantissaLogarithm's fractional component
floating-point · hundredths · tenths · thousandths · rounding · notation · computation · arithmetic
SI
Universal measurement framework
metre · litre · gram · millimetre · hectare · centigrade · calibration · precision · accuracy · standardisation
decimal, decimate, decimation, decimals, deci-, decennial, decagon, decimeter, duodecimal