MIDSTREAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midstream mean? 

• MIDSTREAM (noun)
  The noun MIDSTREAM has 1 sense:

1. the middle of a stream

  Familiarity information: MIDSTREAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDSTREAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The middle of a stream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("midstream" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

Holonyms ("midstream" is a part of...):

stream; watercourse (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)

 Context examples 

Initially, ten sensors will be set up this month at different points of Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, located about 600 km west of Manaus, midstream of the Solimões river.

(Amazon jungle animals to be monitored by sensors, Agência Brasil)