midstream

noun

sector of the oil and gas industry

Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English stream English midstream From mid- + stream.

in midstream
“moored midstream”
“some of them got caught midstream by the tide”
in midstream, abruptly
“the most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream”
“But it was in the middle of this process that he had met Ms. Lukoji, and he opted not to change his application midstream to take his marriage into account.”

noun

The middle of a stream or river.