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downstream
[ doun-streem ]
adjective
- of or relating to the latter part of a process or system.
- Genetics. with or in the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule.
downstream
/ ˈdaʊnˈstriːm /
adverb
- in or towards the lower part of a stream; with the current
- (in the oil industry) of or for the refining, distribution, or marketing of oil or its derived products Compare upstream
Word History and Origins
Origin of downstream1
Example Sentences
The team's findings showed a unique property: The grains start to spread out slowly, then decrease quickly as they move downstream, akin to rock avalanches.
"What you had in the downstream sector was an inefficient, corrupt monopoly," she says.
In Finch v Surrey County Council, which involved a dispute about drilling oil wells near London's Gatwick Airport, the court ruled that an environmental impact assessment must include downstream emissions.
But it also “does carry downstream risks or costs,” Schickler said, particularly given Trump’s penchant for “retribution politics” and outright threats to the state.
And in most of these cases elsewhere, the golden mussel’s range rapidly expanded up or downstream from the point of introduction — usually at a port and then through local, human-mediated pathways, officials said.
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