The Law Mind

DOWNSTREAM

4 definitions found across Law Mind sources

DOWNSTREAMadv.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
downstreamadj
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
Wiktionary contributors (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downstream#English) • CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) • via Kaikki (https://kaikki.org/dictionary/English/)
Extracted and formatted for display by Law Mind. The source address is the current Wiktionary page, with its contributor history; it is not a frozen copy of this extract.
Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid). | Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else. | Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else. | In the direction from the server to the client. | Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else. | Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
downstreamadv
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
Wiktionary contributors (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downstream#English) • CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) • via Kaikki (https://kaikki.org/dictionary/English/)
Extracted and formatted for display by Law Mind. The source address is the current Wiktionary page, with its contributor history; it is not a frozen copy of this extract.
Following the path of a river or stream.
downstreamverb
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
Wiktionary contributors (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downstream#English) • CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) • via Kaikki (https://kaikki.org/dictionary/English/)
Extracted and formatted for display by Law Mind. The source address is the current Wiktionary page, with its contributor history; it is not a frozen copy of this extract.
To stream downward. | Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.

Explore the full Law Mind legal research platform.

SubscribeEncyclopediaSign In