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on-glide

[on-glahyd, awn-]
–noun Phonetics.
a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound. Compare off-glide (def. 1).

Origin:
1885–90
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