spinning off
Separating into independence
Spinning off is creating something new from something existing.
A television series spins off a character into their own show.
A company spins off a division into a separate business.
The phrase suggests separation while maintaining connection to the source: The research team is spinning off a startup to commercialize their findings.
The noun is spinoff.
- pilot episodeFirst episode testing viability
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- prequelLater work, earlier setting
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- tax freeExempt from levies
adaptation · innovation · remix · subculture · carve-out · prototype · iteration · joint venture · derivative work · privatization · diaspora · new chapter · reboot · refinement · application · restructuring · modularity · homage
spinning offacquiring
Gaining possession of
merging · merger · acquisition · consolidating · absorbing
spinning offreabsorbing
Taking back in
reintegrating · converging · reuniting · rejoining · assimilating
spinning offpulling in
Reaching a destination
drawing in · sucking in · collecting · gathering · converging
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