absorption in some employment

The coating contains a carbonific compound that reacts with the intumescent catalyst to form a carbon residue, and a spumific compound that decomposes to produce large quantities of gas.

2017, Mark Richards, “Tonal Ambiguity in Popular Music's Axis Progressions”, in Music Theory Online:

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