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By changing a liquid to solid we are bringing it's atoms closer. (density increases) But if liquids are incompressible, how is it possible?

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Liquid is incomprehensible means we can not bring its molecules close by applying pressure.

if we remove heat from liquid then molecules come closer due to less internal energy so liquid became solid after removing internal energy.
Compressible means compressed by pressure.

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