Atomic spins in a 'frustrated' magnet cannot simultaneously minimize the energies of their local interactions: they fluctuate continuously, even at very low temperatures. But under pressure, they line up in an ordered way.
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Schiffer, P. Magnetic frustration squeezed out. Nature 420, 35–38 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420035a
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