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downstream

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downstream verb

  1. To stream downward.

Adjective

downstream adjective

  1. Lower down, in relation to a river, stream or flow of fluid“She lives downstream from the dam.”
  2. In the direction from the server to the client.
  3. Towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule.
  4. (metaphoric) Influenced by something; being a consequence of something.

Adverb

downstream adverb

  1. Following the path of a river or stream“We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.”

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