spin-off
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spin-off
- /ˈspɪn.ɔf/ US
- /ˈspɪn.ɒf/ UK
Where it comes from
Deverbal from spin off.
noun spin-offs · spinoff
- 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.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off. Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
- A 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".
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The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Similar: hive-off
Similar: derivate, descendant, derivative
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: derivate, descendant, derivative
Translations
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noun incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
| 中文 | 副产品 fùchǎnpǐn |
|---|
noun fictional work
| Español | obra derivada, esqueje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스핀오프 seupinopeu |
| 日本語 | 外伝 gaiden, スピンオフ supin-ofu |
| 中文 | 衍生作品 yǎnshēng zuòpǐn, 番外篇 fānwàipiān |
| Português | spin-off |
| Français | spin-off |
| Deutsch | Ableger |
| Русский | спин-о́фф spin-óff |
noun formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
| 中文 | 分流企業 /分流企业 fēnliú qǐyè |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Ableger, Spin-off |
| Ελληνικά | τεχνοβλαστός technovlastós |
Talk about this word "spin-off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spin-off. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spin-off. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spin-off "spin-off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spin-off.Cite this
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