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spin-off

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Noun

  1. An offshoot.
  2. An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
  3. A by-product.
  4. A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
  5. The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

Verb

  1. To create (something) as a by-product or a secondary derived work.

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