fatigue
has definitions from the fields of military,medicine
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[ noun ] temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)This absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass not_only produces greater fidelity , but it eliminates listener fatigue . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)First of the problems attacked would be fatigue and emotional tension , since action relieves both . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)A feeling of futility , an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue he had ever known , seeped through him . Related terms temporary_state exhaustion eyestrain grogginess jet_lag loginess tire |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a lack of vitality
Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)In september , 1958 , the patient developed generalized weakness and fatigue which was concurrent with exacerbation of his anemia ; the hemoglobin was 10.6 gm. . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (of materials (especially metals)) the state of being weakened by long stress
Examples : "metal fatigue" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military) labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
Synonyms Examples "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson" "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" Related terms |
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