upstream
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adjective
2.
directed upstream; situated upstream: an upstream journey; an upstream hideout.
3.
Commerce. of or pertaining to the early stages in the operations of a business or industry, as exploration and production in the oil business ( opposed to downstream ).
4.
against or opposite to the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule.
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upstream (ˈʌpˈstriːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adv, —adj | |
| 1. | in or towards the higher part of a stream; against the current |
| 2. | Compare downstream (in the oil industry) of or for any of the stages prior to oil production, such as exploration or research |
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Computing Dictionary
upstream definition
networkingFewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger ISP, and the larger ISP is upstream from the smaller ISP.
(1999-08-05)
Example sentences
Water in reservoirs, especially in water-storage dams, becomes silted with vegetation and matter washed off land upstream.
They said it did, and that it had sunk a few boats and killed some people farther upstream.
The only result is a desert for want of all that water dammed upstream.
Beware of rainstorms upstream, since they may cause flash flooding.
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