Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fatigue
Fatigue
fatigue
n. & v. --n. 1 extreme tiredness after exertion. 2 weakness in materials, esp. metal, caused by repeated variations of stress. 3 a reduction in the efficiency of a muscle, organ, etc., after prolonged activity. 4 an activity that causes fatigue. 5 a a non-military duty in the army, often as a punishment. b (in full fatigue-party) a group of soldiers ordered to do fatigues. --v.tr. (fatigues, fatigued, fatiguing) cause fatigue in; tire, exhaust. Derivatives fatiguable adj. (also fatigable). fatiguability n. (also fatigability). fatigueless adj. Etymology: F fatigue, fatiguer f. L fatigare tire out
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I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from ~r to ~, from Latin fatigare; akin to Latin affatim sufficiently Date: 1669 1. labor, manual or menial work performed by military personnel, the uniform or work clothing worn on ~ and in the field, 2. weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress, the temporary loss of power to respond that is induced in a sensory receptor or motor end organ by continued stimulation, the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress , II. verb (~d; fatiguing) Date: 1693 transitive verb to weary with labor or exertion, to induce a condition of ~ in, intransitive verb to suffer ~, see: tire fatiguingly adverb III. adjective Date: 1774 consisting of, done, or used in ~ , belonging to ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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