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cross-multiply

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

Usage examples of "cross-multiply".

There were mirĀ­rors on all the walls which cross-multiplied their images, and although there seemed to be several hundred MadiĀ­sons and Teenies, that did not make them any less the only occupants of this large and ornate salon.