🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

衍生公司

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǎnshēng gōngsī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spin-off/ˈspɪn.ɒf/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家衍生公司是从母公司独立出来的。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A subsidiary company or organization formed from an existing larger company or institution.

    "The university research laboratory launched a successful spin-off to commercialize its new biotechnology."
  2. 2

    A product, program, or project that is derived from another, usually larger or more famous one.

    "The popular television series produced a successful spin-off focusing on a secondary character."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the phrasal verb 'spin off', originating in the mid-20th century from industrial and broadcasting contexts. It originally referred to the secondary products or centrifugal separation in physics and manufacturing, later broadening to describe corporate subsidiaries and media franchises originating from existing ones.

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