pressure-induced transition

A transition induced by a change of pressure. Example: The room-temperature transition of CdS with a wurtzite-type structure, at 1.74 GPa, to CdS with a NaCl-type structure.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577 (Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 589