downstream

downstream

English

Etymology

From down- +‎ stream.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

downstream (comparative farther or further downstream, superlative farthest or furthest downstream)

1. Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.

   She lives downstream from the dam.

2. (metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.

   Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process.

   • 2009, ‎Andrew Teufel, ‎Aaron Azelton, Fisher Investments on Energy (page 3)

     The downstream segment (also known as refining and marketing, or R&M) focuses on the final stage of the integrated process.

   • 2018, David Brody, Scott Lamb, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, →ISBN:

     We're a couple of conservative Christians who believe that politics is downstream from culture.

   1. (computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
   2. (biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.

Antonyms

• upstream

Translations

lower down, in relation to a river or stream

Bikol Central: ilawod (bcl) Bulgarian: по течението (po tečenieto) Finnish: alapuolella (fi) French: aval (fr), descendant (fr) German: stromabwärts Italian: a valle Malay: hilir (ms) Maori: raro iho Portuguese: jusante Spanish: río abajo Swedish: nedströms (sv)

biology: towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule

French: en aval (fr) Hungarian: a géntől 3’ irányban, 3' vége felé, 3' irányban Italian: a valle Portuguese: a jusante (pt) Spanish: corriente abajo

Adverb

downstream (not comparable)

1. Following the path of a river or stream

   We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.

Antonyms

• upstream

Translations

Following the path of a river or stream

Arabic: مع التيار‎ Bikol Central: ilawod (bcl) Dutch: stroomafwaarts (nl) Finnish: alavirtaan (fi), myötävirtaan French: (please verify) dans le sens du courant (descente, vers la vallée) , (please verify) en aval (fr) German: flussabwärts (de) Latin: secundō flūmine Persian: پایین رود‎ Portuguese: jusante Romanian: în aval, la vale, în josul apei Scottish Gaelic: leis an t-sruth Spanish: río abajo Swedish: nedströms (sv) Tagalog: ilawod (tl)

Verb

downstream (third-person singular simple present downstreams, present participle downstreaming, simple past and past participle downstreamed)

1. To stream downward.