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dec·i·mal·ize

 (dĕs′ə-mə-līz′)
tr.v. dec·i·mal·ized, dec·i·mal·iz·ing, dec·i·mal·iz·es
To change to a decimal system.

dec′i·mal·i·za′tion (-mə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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Noun1.decimalization - the act of changing to a decimal system; "the decimalization of British currency"
change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
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Translations
převedení na desetinnou soustavu
gøren til en decimal
decimálástizedes törtté való átírás
umbreyting yfir í tugakerfi
prevedenie na desatinnú sústavu
ondalığa çevirme

decimalization

[ˌdesɪməlaɪˈzeɪʃən] Nconversión f al sistema decimal, decimalización f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

decimalization

nUmstellung fauf das Dezimalsystem, Dezimalisierung f (form)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

decimalization

[ˌdɛsɪməlaɪˈzeɪʃn] n (Brit) → conversione f al sistema metrico decimale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

decimal

(ˈdesiməl) adjective
numbered by tens. the decimal system.
noun
a decimal fraction. Convert these fractions to decimals.
ˈdecimalize, ˈdecimalise verb
to convert from a non-decimal to a decimal form.
ˌdecimaliˈzation, ˌdecimaliˈsation noun
decimal currency
a system of money in which each coin or note is either a tenth of or ten times another in value.
decimal fraction
a fraction expressed as so many tenths, hundredths, thousandths etc and written with a decimal point, like this. 0.1 (= 1/10), 2.33 (= 233/100).
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References in periodicals archive ?
We divide our sample into three periods: the first period covers the time before any of the major reforms; the second period follows the SEC's Order Handling Rules and Exchange Act Rules, but precedes decimalization of tick sizes; and the final period is that which follows all reforms, including decimalization.
We divide this sample into three periods, namely, before reforms during 1993-1996, after order handling and exchange act rules but before decimalization during 1999-2000, and after all reform including decimalization during 2001-2002.
The adoption of decimalization and improvements in electronic trading and other technologies are combining to destroy the human markets Bill Donaldson worked so hard to protect.
Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president FEBRUARY 5 Apollo 14 lands on the Moon FEBRUARY 15 'Decimalization Day' - United Kingdom and Ireland say goodbye to shillings and pence AUGUST 9 British security forces in Northern Ireland detain hundreds of guerilla suspects and put them into Long Kesh - the beginning of an internment without trial policy.
On January 29, 2001, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) implemented decimalization. Beginning on that Monday, stocks began to be priced in dollars and cents, and price changes were allowed to be as small as 1 cent.
Advocates of the adoption of decimalization argue that the finer gradation of stock prices will benefit investors.
Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue University; Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Washington University; and Memphis, "Has Decimalization Hurt Institutional Investors?
Timothy McCormick, NASDAQ, "Order Preferencing and Market Quality on NASDAQ Before and After Decimalization"
"Decimalization has had a negative effect for profit margins of major brokerage firms.
This will prepare our Sun systems for the stock market move toward decimalization and penny increments."
stock prices be quoted in decimals by July 3, a process called decimalization. It would end the two-centuries-old practice of quoting stocks in fractions, abandoned by every other major equities market in the world except the U.S.
Decimalization, for example, when introduced in 2000, created a basic change for institutions and participants in the market that provide liquidity and take risk.