Spinoff

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn offshoot.

2.nounAn incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.

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

3.nounBy-product.

4.nounA 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"."

5.nounThe formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

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