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spinoff

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  1. An offshoot.
  2. An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.“Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.”
  3. 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.“"Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".”

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