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Definition of Spinoff
1. a new application or incidental result [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinoff
Literary usage of Spinoff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Small Business Innovation Research Program: The First Decade (1993)
"The hearings established, first, that the SBIR program has proved itself to be
a remarkably effective means of stimulating commercial spinoff from the ..."
2. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"... a spinoff for alleged patent or trade secret violations, the cost of fighting
the suit can intimidate the spinoff, regardless of the merits of the case. ..."
3. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"The benefit- to-cost ratio of this spinoff of the high-risk strategy is difficult
to quantify, but its benefit may be substantial. ..."