Downstream

adv. in the direction that a river flows

The term downstream has several possible meanings: In geography, downstream means literally away from the source of a stream or river, and in meteorology, away from the source of an air parcel or mass, along the normal direction of water or air flow. By analogy with this, see also:Molecular biologyDownstream on DNA, determining relative positions on DNA.Downstream in signal transduction, determining temporal and mechanistic order of cellular and molecular events of signal transduction.downstream (computer science)downstream (oil industry)downstream (manufacturing)downstream (bioprocess)downstream (marketing)
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Adjective
1. in the direction of a stream's current
(antonym) upstream
Adverb
1. away from the source or with the current
(synonym) downriver
(antonym) upriver, upstream

(adv.)
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
  

1. In communications, the direction of transmission flow from the source toward the sink. 2. With respect to the flow of data in a communications path: at a specified point, the direction toward which data are received later than at the specified point.