upstream

Definitions

General Science

• adverb towards the source of a river

Banking

• adjective referring to the operations of a company at the beginning of a process (as drilling for oil as an operation of a petroleum company).

Electronics

• In communications, the direction of the flow of information from a customer to a content provider. For example, a person navigating the Internet sends information upstream when requesting a Web page. Generally utilized in the context of data transfer, but may also refer to other signals from customers, such as requests for pay-per-view programming. This contrasts with downstream, where the flow of information is in the other direction.

Military

• adverb in the opposite direction to that in which a river or stream is flowing

Nearby Definitions of “upstream”

• upset
• upset welding
• upstage
• upstairs
• upstart
• upstream
• uptight
• uptime
• upward compatible
• Uraniburg
• uranium

Contexts for “upstream”

4 definitions in context
• General Science
• Banking
• Electronics
• Military