to border on

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abut on

Now the two bounding notes of an enharmonic tetrachord of the relevant sort will indeed both be the lowest notes of pykna when the tetrachords are put together in conjunction; but the higher of them can never abut on a pyknon in the case envisaged here, where the tone is introduced to disjoin the tetrachords.

To be almost like some other thing

His behaviour borders on insanity.

If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing. The atmosphere borders on the surreal. see also border 2 = verge on
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz
lie on the boundary of
to border on

    Hyphenation

    to bor·der on

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı bôrdır ôn

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈbôrdər ˈôn/ /tə ˈbɔːrdɜr ˈɔːn/
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