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Spin-off

//ˈspɪn.ɔf// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An offshoot.

    "We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short."

  2. 2
    a product made during the manufacture of something else wordnet
  3. 3
    An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.

    "Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology."

  4. 4
    A by-product.
  5. 5
    A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.

    ""Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers"."

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  1. 6
    The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

Etymology

Deverbal from spin off.

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