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downstream

verb
  1. To stream downward.

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.

Antonymsupstream
adverb
  1. Following the path of a river or stream

    "We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes."

Antonymsupstream

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