Why gases are .highly compressible ?

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The atoms, ions, or molecules that make up the solid or liquid are very close together. There is no space between the individual particles, so they cannot pack together. ... Gasesare compressible because most of the volume of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles.

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