"This is huge because of the spinoff effect primarily," Mr. LaGrange said.

But the downside of that is you lose the spinoff effect.

It's happening with hybrid vehicles, and there's a spinoff effect in homes.

Tens of thousands of jobs have been eliminated, with a spinoff effect of two, three or four times that many in the rest of the economy.

"There's a spinoff effect," Mr. Zane said, referring to the fact that municipalities in a specific county share the cost of county government proportionately.

"It's going to have a gigantic spinoff effect for the town," Mr. Ferrari said.

"We're on the cutting edge in this area, adding to the economy not only in terms of building, but in wages and other spinoff effects."

California is counting on such a spinoff effect from its three new research institutes.

Dealers said that once the currency broke through 1.7100 German marks, there was a spinoff effect that lifted the dollar against other key currencies.

There's been a huge spinoff effect.