fatigue
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See also fatigué
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< French fatiguer < Latin fatigare (“‘to weary, tire, vex, harass’”)
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fatigue (plural fatigues)
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- A menial task, especially in the military.
- A type of material failure due to cumulative effects of cyclic loading.
- 2002, Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, page 46
- The SPS design will remove the sources of stress concentrations and will reduce the effects of initiations of cracks and fatigues
- 2002, Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, page 46
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- fatigues (military work clothing)
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weariness
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material failure due to cyclic loading
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to fatigue (third-person singular simple present fatigues, present participle fatiguing, simple past and past participle fatigued)
- (transitive) to tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
- (intransitive) to lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
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to tire or make weary
to lose strength or energy
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[edit] External links
- fatigue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fatigue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
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fatigue f. (plural fatigues)
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fatigue (infinitive: fatigar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fatigar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fatigar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fatigar.
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