fatigue
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See also: fatigué
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French fatigue, from fatiguer, from Latin fatigare (“to weary, tire, vex, harass”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fatigue (plural fatigues)
- A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, The Guardian:
- Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, The Guardian:
- A menial task, especially in the military.
- (engineering) A mechanism of material failure involving of crack growth caused by low-stress cyclic loading.
- 2013, N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, page 399
- Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.
- 2013, N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, page 399
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- fatigues (military work clothing)
Translations[edit]
weariness
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menial task, especially in military
material failure due to cyclic loading
Verb[edit]
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
- (intransitive, engineering, of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to tire or make weary
to lose strength or energy
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External links[edit]
- fatigue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fatigue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fatigue f (plural fatigues)
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Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
fatigue
- first-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar
- third-person singular imperative of fatigar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
fatigue
- 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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