spin off
Branched-out sequel
To spin off is to create something new from something existing—a company divesting a division into an independent business, or a television series generating a new show featuring characters from the original: The network spun off a series about the lawyer character.
As a noun, a spin-off is the resulting entity: The spin-off outperformed the parent company.
The term implies separation while maintaining some connection to the source.
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- offshootDerivative outgrowth
- by-productSecondary result of production
- demergerCorporate entity separation
- break awaySeparate suddenly from
expanded universe · franchise · carve-out · subsidiary · sequel · launch · clone · splintering · reboot · bifurcation · satellite · evolution · derivative · episode · network · pilot · syndication · television
- divestliquidate, offload, shed, strip, carve out
- business jargonacronym, scalability, buzzword, drill down, low-hanging fruit
spin offmerge
Combine into unity
consolidate · integrate · absorb · acquire · incorporate
spin offreabsorb
Take in again
reintegrate · recombine · reunite · rejoin
spin offoriginal
First or inventive
source material · flagship · original series · progenitor · mother ship