Downstream
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:18 pts10 letters
Definition of Downstream
Adjective
- Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
- Occurring later than something else; <!--in human cognitive schemas, notwithstanding any {{w|post hoc ergo propter hoc|post hoc counterexamples}}--> influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
"Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process."
- In the direction from the server to the client.
- Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
Verb
- To stream downward.
- Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.
Anagrams of Downstream
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