cross-multiply
verb (used without object)
to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
cross multiplication
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a word derived from
cross-multiply.
cross-multiplication
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a word derived from
cross-multiply.
cross-multiplyverb (used without object)to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
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Reduce Bloom by cross multiplication of reverses of fortune, from which these supports protected him, and by elimination of all positive values to a negligible negative irrational unreal quantity.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
We can use another method of solving the equation without finding the LCD: cross-multiplication.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
