upstream
- Adjective. in a direction against the flow of a current or stream; upriver.
- Adjective. (oil industry) involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
- Adjective. (computing) in the direction from the client to the server.
- Adjective. (biology) towards the leading end (5'end) of a DNA molecule.
- Adverb. against the current.
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