Offglide

//ˈɒfɡlaɪd// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.
  2. 2
    The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.

Etymology

From off + glide.

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