Abstract
The magnetic metal ions in the cubic pyrochlore ${\mathrm{Tb}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Mo}}_{2}$${\mathrm{O}}_{7}$ form an infinite three-dimensional network of corner-sharing tetrahedra with a very high potential for frustration in the presence of antiferromagnetism. We have performed neutron scattering measurements which show short-range spatial correlations that develop continuously with decreasing temperature, while the characteristic time scale for the fluctuating moments decreases dramatically below ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{f}}$\ensuremath{\sim}25 K. Therefore, this pure material, which possess frustration that is purely geometrical in origin, displays a spin-glass state at low temperatures.
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