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Single-crystal neutron diffraction reveals two distinct components to the magnetic ordering in geometrically frustrated ${\mathrm{SrEr}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$. One component is a long-range ordered $\mathbf{k}=0$ structure which appears below ${T}_{N}=0.75$ K. Another component is a short-range incommensurate structure which manifests itself by the presence of a strong diffuse scattering signal. On cooling from …