Definition of "downstream" in inglés

adjective

1. Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).

2. (figurative) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.

   • Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process.

adverb

1. Following the path of a river or stream.

   • We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.
   • She lives downstream from the dam.

verb

1. To stream downward.

2. (open-source software, transitive) Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.