0 a product that develops from another more important product:
The research has had spin-offs in the development of medical equipment.
The stage show is a spin-off from a television programme.
1 a new business created by separating part of a company, or the act of creating such a business:
As a technology spin-off, the simulator or its associated techniques are also being used in other space or non-space projects.
Addressing local air pollution problems sometimes leads to lower greenhouse gas emissions as a spin-off.
The possible 'spin-off' to non-military uses is also not being ignored.
An example of the economic 'spin-off' from the use of technological additives is the use of flour 'improvers'.
Their work is a spin-off from research to give paralysed people the ability to move and feel artificial limbs.
Thus, an improved production system also had environmental spin-off by increasing carbon sequestration and thereby contributing to mitigating global warming.
In such ways all the spin-off volumes were written to suit the interests, needs and capacities of their users.
We note one spin-off of the above proof for later use.
