spin-off
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the verb phrase spin off.
Noun
spin-off (plural spin-offs)
- An offshoot.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
- By-product.
- 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".
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Synonyms
Translations
offshoot — see offshoot
incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
by-product — see by-product
fictional work
See also
- (literature): subseries
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