| Pronunciation: | | 'dawn'streem
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adv] away from the source or with the current
- [adj] in the direction of a stream's current
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DOWNSTREAM is a 10 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | downriver |
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| | Antonyms: | | upriver, upstream, upstream |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Down"stream`\, adv.
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
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Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | upstream |
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any area away from a gene, but on the same strand of DNA, that is located past the gene if one moves along the strand in a 5'-3' direction (the normal direction of transcription and leading strand replication). |
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Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | The region extending in a 3' direction from a gene. |
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