decimalizing
Making base ten
Decimalizing is converting a system to decimal form—typically changing fractions to decimal equivalents or shifting a currency, measurement, or counting system to base-ten units.
Britain decimalized its currency in 1971, replacing shillings and pence with a hundred-pence pound: The shop was still decimalizing its prices when we visited.
Parts expressed numerically
- numerationAssigning numerical values
- digitSingle numeric character
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- divisibilityAbility to divide evenly
computation · rounding · percentage · ratio · proportion · floating-point · tenths · hundredths
Standard of measurement
- metricationShift to decimal measurement
- kilometerThousand meters
- centimeterMetric length unit
- millimeterThousandth of a meter
liter · milliliter · deciliter · gram · kilogram · milligram · hectare · SI
fractions
Parts expressed numerically
- numerationAssigning numerical values
- digitSingle numeric character
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
divisibility · computation · rounding · percentage · ratio · proportion · floating-point · tenths · hundredths · thousandths
metric
Standard of measurement
- metricationShift to decimal measurement
- kilometerThousand meters
- centimeterMetric length unit
millimeter · liter · milliliter · deciliter · gram · kilogram · milligram · hectare · SI · conversion
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
cent · euro · rupee · peso · renminbi · yen · franc · monetary · denomination · subdivision
decade, decimal, decimate, decimated, decimation, decimals, decathlon, decimating, decagon