Fatigue may refer to:
- Fatigue (material), structural damage from repeated loading
- Fatigue (medical), a state of physical and/or mental weakness
- Fatigue (safety), safety implications of tiredness
- Fatigue (military duty), work of a non-military nature such as construction of fortifications or clean up of grounds
- Fatigues (uniform) or battledress, a military uniform
- Information fatigue, impairment caused by excessive information
- Voter fatigue, public apathy about elections
- Combat stress reaction of battle fatigue, a military term which is generally short-term
- Posttraumatic stress disorder or battle fatigue, a medical term for a long-term disorder
Famous quotes containing the word fatigue:
“I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“I have just read your dispatch about sore tongued and fatiegued [sic] horses. Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietem that fatigue anything?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)