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Very well, actually.

Solids and liquids do not expand or compress very well at all. Whereas gases do.

This is why we can use pistons and hydraulics, since liquids and solids do not compress much at all under pressure, unlike a gas.

Essentially, they are extremely similar in this respect.

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