downstream
Dictionary
verb
- To stream downward.
adjective
- Lower down, in relation to a river, stream or flow of fluid
"She lives downstream from the dam."
- In the direction from the server to the client.
- Towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule.
- (metaphoric) Influenced by something; being a consequence of something.
adverb
- Following the path of a river or stream
"We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes."
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