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off-glide

off-glide is the alternative form of offglide.

Meaning of offglide

Noun

offglide (plural offglides)

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

Forms of off-glide

pluraloff-glides

Questions about off-glide

What is off-glide the alternative form of?
Off-glide is the alternative form of offglide.

Words near off-glide in the dictionary

  1. off-gases
  2. off-gassed
  3. off-gasses
  4. off-gassing
  5. off-gassings
  6. off-glide
  7. off-glides
  8. off-gray
  9. off-grid
  10. off-gridder
  11. off-gridders

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