downstream

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   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.

2. 2
   adv

   Following the path of a river or stream.

   We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.

3. 3
   adv

   away from the source or with the current

4. 4
   adj

   in the direction of a stream's current

From down- + stream.

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