cross-multiply

verb

Etymology

From cross- + multiply.

Definitions

  1. To set the product of the extremes of a proportion equal to the product of its means.

    • Cross-multiplying 3#47;5#61;x#47;2 yields 3#92;times2#61;5x.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cross-multiply. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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