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downstream
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.
Antonymsupstream
adverb
Following the path of a river or stream
"We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes."
Antonymsupstream
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