upstream
IPA: ˈʌpstrˈim
noun
- Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
- (open-source software) The original developers or maintainers of software.
verb
- (intransitive) To stream upward.
- (transitive, open-source software) To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
adjective
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
- (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
- (oil industry) Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
- (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
- (open-source software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- (biology) Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
adverb
- Against the current.
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Examples of "upstream" in Sentences
- Also, the poster upstream is absolutely correct that WWI still reverberates today.
- InDOT is now sending landowners letters offering to buy flood easements for 92 parcels upstream from the bridge.
- Tackett found the artifact buried in mud and shale on the west side of the river, upstream from the South Main railroad trestle.
- My understanding is that they have already poisoned 5 miles of river upstream from the electronic barrier and found only one or two dead asian carp.
- Most of our profitability comes from what we call the upstream business, so we're producing oil from old fields that have been produced for years and years.
- "This thing has the design of a disaster," said farmer Jim Gillooly (whose land lies immediately upstream from the bridge), speaking out at a hearing on a state permit for the project.
- Changing ports isnt going to make any difference either unless for some reason somebody upstream is throttling or otherwise slow queueing your traffic over those specific ports, and the TCP/IP setting to which you refer only apply to the browser.
- Note: The term upstream refers to exploration, low-sulfur gasolines and strengthened development, production, gas and power mar - keting, and U.S. coal businesses or activities. our position as the world's foremost The corporation has paid a dividend Downstream refers to the refining and market - supplier and marketer of motor fuels every year for more than a century. ing of petroleum products such as motor fuels and lubricants. and lubricants.
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