Downstream
adverb
Toward or closer to where a river or stream ends.
The boat drifted downstream.
Often appears as...
- move downstream
- drift downstream
adjective
Further along in the course of a river towards the sea.
There are plenty of fish downstream of the bridge.
Often appears as...
- downstream effects
- downstream process
adverb
In the latter part of a sequence or process.
The encoders fit downstream in the production line.
Often appears as...
- downstream processing
- downstream system
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Technical
adjective
Relating to the part of a process occurring later or toward the end.
The downstream costs of the development are still uncertain.
Often appears as...
- downstream user
- downstream sector
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Technical
adverb
In genetics, further along the chromosome in the direction of transcription.
The protein binds downstream of the DNA sequence.
Often appears as...
- downstream gene
- downstream signaling
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Academic
adverb
Toward or closer to where a river or stream ends.
The boat drifted downstream.
Often appears as...
- move downstream
- drift downstream
adjective
Further along in the course of a river towards the sea.
There are plenty of fish downstream of the bridge.
Often appears as...
- downstream effects
- downstream process
adverb
In the latter part of a sequence or process.
The encoders fit downstream in the production line.
Often appears as...
- downstream processing
- downstream system
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Relating to the part of a process occurring later or toward the end.
The downstream costs of the development are still uncertain.
Often appears as...
- downstream user
- downstream sector
Usage tips
Technical
adverb
In genetics, further along the chromosome in the direction of transcription.
The protein binds downstream of the DNA sequence.
Often appears as...
- downstream gene
- downstream signaling
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Directional Movement
Use 'downstream' to describe something moving with the water's flow in rivers or streams.
We watched the leaves go downstream.
Pro Tip 2/2Easily Effortless
'Downstream' can imply moving without effort, as the current carries objects away.
The kayak went downstream smoothly.
Pro Tip 1/2Directional Movement
Use 'downstream' to describe something moving with the water's flow in rivers or streams.
We watched the leaves go downstream.
Pro Tip 2/2Easily Effortless
'Downstream' can imply moving without effort, as the current carries objects away.
The kayak went downstream smoothly.
Pro Tip 1/2Directional Movement
Use 'downstream' to describe something moving with the water's flow in rivers or streams.
We watched the leaves go downstream.
Pro Tip 2/2Easily Effortless
'Downstream' can imply moving without effort, as the current carries objects away.
The kayak went downstream smoothly.
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Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
pond there was a pond here it's now four times deeper and twice as big an area than it was before but also they've created another four big ponds heading downstream and they've started to branch out and there's a series of ponds being created on a parallel line to the original stream as well so then
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6 ways mushrooms can...
The entire pile was a green berm of life. These are gateway species, vanguard species that open the door for other biological communities. So I invented burlap sacks, bunker spawn -- and putting the mycelium -- using storm blown debris, you can take these burlap sacks and put them downstream
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Why the @#$ is there so...
which means they end up having to brake harder to avoid a collision. This strengthens the wave of braking from vehicle to vehicle. What’s more, drivers tend to accelerate too rapidly out of a slowdown, meaning they try to drive faster than the average flow of traffic downstream of them.
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Creating living...
prototype of a spillway basically splices the levee it takes the sediment-laden waters pouring down the river and functions much like the printhead on an inkjet printer using this process we use the power of the river and by monitoring downstream we're able to build an autonomous set of
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Garth Lenz: The true...
And the world certainly does not need the largest toxic impoundments to grow and multiply and further threaten the downstream communities. And let's face it, we all live downstream in an era of global warming and climate change. What we need, is we all need to act
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
and equations. They are instead the products of downstream imagination leading to hard work, during which mathematical reasoning may or may not prove to be relevant. Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Thanks to Shrimp, These...
downstream same with the fishes same with the snails when you start planting you know where do you divert the water and do you have a dam in the channel or a reservoir off channel those are important decisions for maintaining these species
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Floods 101 PIPE National...
float downstream faster and stronger communities further downriver were hit with the full brunt of the Mississippi two-thirds of all the levees were breached though towns rallied to protect their lives and livelihoods the damage
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50 Years Ago, This Was a...
the families that live here and even send water downstream to the city of Austin and what is it cost our governments and governments all around the world they're spending millions and millions of
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Blood Initiation PIPE...
painful blood Rite just downstream novices wash and wait it is their traditional belief that to become men they must expel the contaminating influences of women when our mothers
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
pond there was a pond here it's now four times deeper and twice as big an area than it was before but also they've created another four big ponds heading downstream and they've started to branch out and there's a series of ponds being created on a parallel line to the original stream as well so then
Video examples
6 ways mushrooms can...
The entire pile was a green berm of life. These are gateway species, vanguard species that open the door for other biological communities. So I invented burlap sacks, bunker spawn -- and putting the mycelium -- using storm blown debris, you can take these burlap sacks and put them downstream
Video examples
Why the @#$ is there so...
which means they end up having to brake harder to avoid a collision. This strengthens the wave of braking from vehicle to vehicle. What’s more, drivers tend to accelerate too rapidly out of a slowdown, meaning they try to drive faster than the average flow of traffic downstream of them.
Video examples
Creating living...
prototype of a spillway basically splices the levee it takes the sediment-laden waters pouring down the river and functions much like the printhead on an inkjet printer using this process we use the power of the river and by monitoring downstream we're able to build an autonomous set of
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
And the world certainly does not need the largest toxic impoundments to grow and multiply and further threaten the downstream communities. And let's face it, we all live downstream in an era of global warming and climate change. What we need, is we all need to act
Video examples
E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
and equations. They are instead the products of downstream imagination leading to hard work, during which mathematical reasoning may or may not prove to be relevant. Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
Video examples
Thanks to Shrimp, These...
downstream same with the fishes same with the snails when you start planting you know where do you divert the water and do you have a dam in the channel or a reservoir off channel those are important decisions for maintaining these species
Video examples
Floods 101 PIPE National...
float downstream faster and stronger communities further downriver were hit with the full brunt of the Mississippi two-thirds of all the levees were breached though towns rallied to protect their lives and livelihoods the damage
Video examples
50 Years Ago, This Was a...
the families that live here and even send water downstream to the city of Austin and what is it cost our governments and governments all around the world they're spending millions and millions of
Video examples
Blood Initiation PIPE...
painful blood Rite just downstream novices wash and wait it is their traditional belief that to become men they must expel the contaminating influences of women when our mothers
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Quote examples
Alesha Dixon
British Musician
I used to have seven dogs; now I have a more manageable four. I was in Cornwall, and one dog got swept away downstream, so my cousin dived in to get it, then her dog dived in. So I jumped in to rescue hers. Those dogs are my calm. That's how I cope with the business - I get the sanity on my woodland dog walks, being a tomboy.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
While planting woodlands along rivers has been shown to work in small areas, it has been unclear whether it would be effective on a larger scale. But computer modelling indicates that restoring forests on floodplains could slow floodwaters and reduce the height of the flood downstream.
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Reed Hastings
American Businessman
So much of the downstream revenue is linked to that initial excitement, to how much revenue is produced in the domestic box office. For example, what we pay for a film three years later is highly correlated to how well it did in the box office.
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Naomi Klein
Canadian Journalist
Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands. They are not opposing it because of climate change - they are opposing it because it poisons their bodies.
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Hassanal Bolkiah
Statesman
We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials.
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John Salazar
American Politician
All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
When you pollute a river, it's a supreme injustice to those who are downstream and those who live in the river who are not human beings.
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Rick Warren
American Writer
Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
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Ben Domenech
American Writer
Politics is downstream from culture.
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Alesha Dixon
British Musician
I used to have seven dogs; now I have a more manageable four. I was in Cornwall, and one dog got swept away downstream, so my cousin dived in to get it, then her dog dived in. So I jumped in to rescue hers. Those dogs are my calm. That's how I cope with the business - I get the sanity on my woodland dog walks, being a tomboy.
Quote examples
Alice Roberts
English Scientist
While planting woodlands along rivers has been shown to work in small areas, it has been unclear whether it would be effective on a larger scale. But computer modelling indicates that restoring forests on floodplains could slow floodwaters and reduce the height of the flood downstream.
Quote examples
Reed Hastings
American Businessman
So much of the downstream revenue is linked to that initial excitement, to how much revenue is produced in the domestic box office. For example, what we pay for a film three years later is highly correlated to how well it did in the box office.
Quote examples
Naomi Klein
Canadian Journalist
Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands. They are not opposing it because of climate change - they are opposing it because it poisons their bodies.
Quote examples
Hassanal Bolkiah
Statesman
We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials.
Quote examples
John Salazar
American Politician
All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
When you pollute a river, it's a supreme injustice to those who are downstream and those who live in the river who are not human beings.
Quote examples
Rick Warren
American Writer
Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.
Quote examples
W. C. Fields
American Comedian
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
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Ben Domenech
American Writer
Politics is downstream from culture.
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