present participle of decimate

Alternative spelling of decimalisation

(obsolete) A tithe or other 10% tax or payment. / (obsolete) A tenth of something. / (obsolete) A set of ten items.

(archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.

(historical, law, obsolete) Synonym of tithing (a division of the hundreds of medieval England)

(historical) A French coin minted from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, valued at one-tenth of a franc. / (informal) A 10-centime coin, minted up to 1999 and bearing the same value.

(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot. / (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population. / A tithe or the act of tithing.

(transitive, intransitive): To convert to the decimal system.

(rare) plural of decimalization

plural of decimation