| 单词 | decimalism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈdecimalism ˈdecimalism n. (the use of) a decimal system, esp. of coinage, or weights and measures. ΚΠ 1847 Express 21 May 1/3 Let us consider well before plunging into decimalism. We might, perhaps, make the shilling into tenpence, but the decimal system is radically bad. 1912 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Apr. 146/1 Our author quotes a most suggestive passage forecasting the whole policy of a sane decimalism. 1996 W. A. Wiegand Irrepressible Reformer v. 113 Dewey vigorously defended..decimalism. < as lemmas |
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