Downstream vs Tailwater - What's the difference?
downstream | tailwater |
Lower down, in relation to a river or stream
(computing) in the direction from the server to the client
(lb) towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule
Following the path of a river or stream
The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 27, author=Peter Kaminsky, title=Rules for Reservoirs Pose Threat to Trout Population, work=New York Times
, passage=Like the more renowned Missouri and Henry’s Fork of Montana and Idaho, it is a tailwater fishery; that is, it owes its remarkable fecundity and its population of big wild trout to the cold-water outflow of reservoir impoundment. }}
As an adjective downstream
is lower down, in relation to a river or stream.As an adverb downstream
is following the path of a river or stream.As a noun tailwater is
the water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.downstream
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She lives downstream from the dam.
Antonyms
* upstreamAdverb
(en adverb)- We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.
Antonyms
* upstreamtailwater
English
Noun
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