different between downstream vs weir

English

Etymology

From down- +? stream.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?m

Adjective

downstream (not comparable)

1. Lower down, in relation to a river, stream or flow of fluid

   She lives downstream from the dam.

2. (computing) In the direction from the server to the client.
3. (biology) Towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule.
4. (metaphoric) Influenced by something; being a consequence of something.

Antonyms

• upstream

Translations

Adverb

downstream (not comparable)

1. Following the path of a river or stream

   We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.

Antonyms

• upstream

Translations

Verb

downstream (third-person singular simple present downstreams, present participle downstreaming, simple past and past participle downstreamed)

1. To stream downward.

English

Etymology

From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit ?????? (v??óti). Related to warranty.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophones: Wear, we're

Noun

weir (plural weirs)

1. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
   • 1997, J. H. L'Abée-Lund & J. E. Brittain, "Weir construction as environmental mitigation in Norwegian hydropower schemes", Hydropower '97, pages 51-54.

     The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir.

   • 2010, Sathesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, page 303

     A walkway over the weir is likely to be useful for the removal of floating debris trapped by the weir, or for working staunches and sluices on it as the rate of flow changes.

2. A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
   • 1887, W. A. Wilcox, "58-New England Fisheries in May, 1886", Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, volume VI, for 1886, page 191

     The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure.

Coordinate terms

• (adjustable dam): dam, sluice

Derived terms

• Bridge of Weir
• unweired
• weired

Translations

Further reading

• weir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wire, wier, wire