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compress (verb), compresses; compressed; compressing
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stip-, stipit-
(Latin: compress, compressed, to press together, to pack; related to: stalk, log, stock, trunk of a tree)
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compressed air
Air that is held at a pressure higher than standard atmospheric pressure, thereby increasing its density.

"In 1695, Guillaume Amontons, designed a thermometer using a glass tube filled with compressed air and then topped off with a level of mercury."

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