noun
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Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
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(open-source software) The original developers or maintainers of software.
verb
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To stream upward.
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(open-source software) To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
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I'd be more than happy to upstream your patch.
adjective
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In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver
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Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling
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In the direction from the client to the server
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(open-source software) maintained, owned or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream
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Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule
adverb
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Against the current.
Examples of upstream in a Sentence
Brutus wandered upstream, pausing to lap at the cool water.
Possibly this would be used to sail the boat upstream.
Continue upstream where during May and June you will see plenty of red campion.
The Missouri is navigable for small boats to Fort Benton in Chouteau county, but farther upstream near Great Falls, Cascade county, to which it is navigable at high water, it falls 512 ft.
It had been at first intended to raise the dam to a height which would have involved the submergence, for some months of every year, of the Philae temples, situated on an island just upstream of the dam.
Tensile stresses (indicated by broken lines on the diagram) are shown at the upstream toe notwithstanding that the line of resistance is well within the middle third of the section.
Two upstream activators, Pannier and Iroquois, bind to the enhancer sequences and regulate achaete-scute expression.
This has highlighted the restriction in the upstream bandwidth of ADSL.
At some point a winch was installed adjacent to Windsor Bridge to help drag the laden barges upstream against the current.
This upstream chamber collects steam condensate and inhibits contact with the hydrophobic filter cartridge.
Stout South seems to be upstream continuation of main cave but no passable connection.
Upstream of the tidal weir, river flow has the greatest impact on flooding.
There was a Russian freighter on the still used upstream wharf, which meant that John's dash across the ebb side on.
The components of the upstream module are highly homologous in amino acid sequence to their downstream counterparts.
I put my lead upstream, sat back and started spraying maggots and pellet at a steady rate.
This will allow fish, particularly migratory trout, to ascend to their spawning grounds upstream.
Bass are fairly tolerant of fresh water, and can be found a long way upstream of the estuary mouth.
Loi quickly ties a dark green necktie around one before running along the bank, upstream and out of sight.
Where the canal has become completely overgrown upstream a small number of dominant species have taken over.
The scanner needs to be upstream so that the multicast packets go only to the target and not to the rest of the Internet.
Conversely poorer weeks can be transformed by a sudden downpour a couple of days earlier upstream, into a veritable Paradise.
The phreatic passages upstream were also looked at again but with no extra sections to add after the initial 1982 explorations.
A few yards upstream the Mole flows between concrete pilings and under the A309, clogged tight with early morning traffic.
Window in wall opens into twisting trench which soon rejoins stream in high passage lowering to shingle chokes upstream.
Today the only shipbuilder still in operation on this stretch of the Clyde is further upstream at Port Glasgow.
We watch them feed for a short while but they are very easily spooked and soon fly off upstream and into the distance.
Simon Brooks dived the upstream sump at the end of the final passage.
The path crosses the river and follows the smaller tributary upstream for a couple of klicks.
Upstream through beautiful blue dolly tubs, a series of shallow lakes led to a wide sump pool held back by extensive gravel banks.
Swimming upstream is easier Fortunes all depend on how far upstream chemicals companies are placed.
It was built a little upstream of the present strucutre and was paid for by Sir John de Cobham and Sir Robert Knolles.
The School Farm fishing is just upstream of Dunbridge.
It was back upstream to show Martin Clark the wilds of the Upper Thames.
Climb into the roof where the veins finish at the upstream end and scrabble up a slab into a rift.
The following day was spent recuperating at the creek, with the team completing an upstream tamarisk survey for the NPS.
The delicate travertine formations of upstream hall and the 15m high downstream cascade are worth to be seen.
There are dozens of tufted duck spread out along the quieter section of the river upstream from the lake.
We had hoped it would enter a hypothesized upstream continuation.
The load balancing feature means double the upstream bandwidth is potentially available for use.
On the left, the upstream passage is Ax Wars Inlet.
They migrate up the rivers top spawn, and this upstream migration is known as the ' run '.
We are currently looking to finance an independent upstream oil and gas company in the CIS.
Julie chose to keep her feet dry by wading across upstream.
There were weirs constructed either side of the large island just upstream of the bridge.
The koi fish has a powerful and energetic life force, demonstrated by its ability to swim against currents and even travel upstream.
In fact, one of the oldest Chinese legends tells about a brave koi that fought its way upstream to reach the Longmen's Dragon Gate, a series of caves in the mountainside bordering the Yi River.
In the deluge that is today's Internet, it can often feel like you're swimming upstream in trying to deal with what seems like unethical behavior.
When the koi in the tattoo is shown swimming upstream, it can be used to mean that the tattooee is still struggling with his problem, whereas a koi swimming downstream implies that the tattooee has already overcome his difficulty.
In other cases, the koi swimming downstream can represent the season of fall, and the koi swimming upstream can represent the spring.
This maximum downstream or Internet to customer speed is about 8 Mbps, with upstream speeds are about 640 kilobits per second (Kbps).