decimalisation

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noun
  1. 1

    Conversion to a decimal system.

  2. 2

    Specifically, conversion of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence).