downstream

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From down- +‎ stream.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -iːm

AdjectiveEdit

downstream (not comparable)

1. Lower down, in relation to a river or stream

   She lives downstream from the dam.

2. (computing) in the direction from the server to the client
3. (biology) towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule

AntonymsEdit

• upstream

TranslationsEdit

Lower down, in relation to a river or stream

• French: aval (fr), descendant (fr)
• German: stromabwärts
• Italian: a valle

• Malay: hilir
• Maori: raro iho
• Portuguese: jusante

Biology: towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule

• French: en aval (fr)
• Italian: a valle

• Portuguese: à jusante
• Spanish: corriente abajo

AdverbEdit

downstream (not comparable)

1. Following the path of a river or stream

   We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.

AntonymsEdit

• upstream

TranslationsEdit

Following the path of a river or stream

• Arabic: مع التيار‎‎
• Dutch: stroomafwaarts (nl)
• Finnish: alavirtaan (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} dans le sens du courant (descente, vers la vallée) , ^{(please verify)} en aval (fr)
• German: flussabwärts (de)

• Persian: پایین رود‎‎
• Portuguese: jusante f
• Romanian: în aval, la vale, în josul apei
• Scottish Gaelic: leis an t-sruth
• Tagalog: ilawod (tl)