Decimalization process refers to the conversion of a system of coinage or measurement to a "decimal" system, i.e. one where the all ratios between the different units are powers of ten.
The metric system of measurement, an early version of which was first introduced in France after the French Revolution, is a decimal system of measurement.
Decimalization of time periods within the day sees occasional use.
Decimalization is generally advocated for reducing effort of calculations involving quantities of different scale.
Famous quotes containing the word process:
“In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)