1. a product or result that develops from something else
2. a television show or movie that features characters from an earlier show or movie
3. a new company created from part of an existing company
Usage: business

Examples

• The new cleaning product was a spinoff from their original research.
• The popular sitcom generated three successful spinoffs.
• The technology company created a spinoff to focus on mobile apps.
• Many useful inventions are spinoffs from space program research.
• The detective show’s spinoff featured the same fictional city.
• The pharmaceutical spinoff became more profitable than the parent company.
• Medical advances often come as spinoffs from military research.