off-glide

off-glide
/awf"gluyd', of"-/, n. Phonet.
1. a transitional sound produced as the vocal organs move from a previous speech sound to an inactive position or to the position of a following sound. Cf. on-glide.
2. the final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /y/ sound of the /oy/ in boy.
[1875-80]

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