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[bioprocess] The downstream part of a bioprocess refers to the part where the cell mass from the upstream are processed to meet purity and quality requirements. Downstream processing is usually divided into three main sections, a capture section, a purification section and a polishing sectio...
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[album] Downstream is the second studio album by the San Francisco, CA based band New Monsoon. It was recorded over a period of months from February to November in 2002 and was released in early 2003. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== New Monsoon: John Greenham - mastering ...
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[manufacturing] Downstream in manufacturing refers to processes that occur later on in a production sequence or production line. Viewing a company "from order to cash" might have high-level processes such as Marketing, Sales, Order Entry, Manufacturing, Packaging, Shipping, Invoicing. Each o...
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[petroleum industry] The petroleum industry is usually divided into three major components: Upstream, midstream and downstream. Midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category. The downstream oil sector is a term commonly used to refer to the refining of crude oil, and t...
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[networking] In a telecommunications network or computer network, downstream refers to data sent from a network service provider to a customer. Although the best voiceband modems are called 56 kbit/s modems, downstream speeds can be limited to a few tens of kilobits per second with even lowe...
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The region extending in a 3' direction from a gene.
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[adj] - in the direction of a stream`s current
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Term used widely in interactive TV (iTV terms) to refer to the signal pathway from the service provider (e.g. cable operator) to the home. This will usually have higher bandwidth demands than the upstream return path from the home to the service provider. Opposite of Upstream.
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In the oil and gas industries; refining and distribution as opposed to upstream exploration and production....more on Downstream
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Generic term that includes oil refining; petrochemicals; synthetic gas and fertilizer production facilities. Downshore activities are oshore based.
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In the same direction as flow away from a given point of reference. (With the flow of water from a given point of reference)
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In the same direction as flow away from a given point of reference. (With the flow of water from a given point of reference)
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when referring to the oil and gas industry, this term indicates the refining and marketing sectors of the industry. More generically, the term can be used to refer to any step further along in the process.
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In the same direction as flow away from a given point of reference. (With the flow of water from a given point of reference)
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(1) Portions of DNA or RNA that are more remote from the initiation sites and that will therefore be translated or transcribed later. (2) Shorthand term for things that happen at a late stage in a sequence of reactions, for example in a signalling cascade.
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Down'stream` adverb Down the stream; as, floating downstream .
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1. <molecular biology> Portions of DNA or RNA that are more remote from the initiation sites and that will therefore be translated or transcribed later. ... 2. Shorthand term for things that happen at a late stage in a sequence of reactions. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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adjective in the direction of a stream`s current
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(doun´strēm) in molecular biology, a term used to denote a region of DNA or RNA that is located to the 3′ side of a gene or region of interest.
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• (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
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(from the article `Kinsella, Thomas`) His early volumes, Poems (1956) and Another September (1958; rev. ed. 1962), established him as a poet of note. Such later volumes as Downstream ...
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(from the article `Siwertz, Sigfrid`) in full Per Sigfrid Siwertz Swedish writer best known for the novel Selambs (1920; Downstream) and for his short stories.
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A relative term which corresponds to the direction that the protons travel in that portion of the accelerator.
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A relative term which corresponds to the direction that the protons travel in that portion of the accelerator.
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pertaining to locations on the tape longitudinally displaced from a given reference point in the direction of tape motion
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