Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
😴 Easily tired 💪 Weakens with use 🏗️ Fails after stress
fatigable

fatigable

9.8
Likely to break after repeated stress, for example in metal parts
  • adjective
  • /fəˈtɪɡəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fatigable
  • The fatigable material failed after just a few cycles.

Examples

  • The repeated loading made the metal beam increasingly fatigable over time.

  • Designers look for alloys that are less fatigable for use in aircraft wings.

  • Engineers must avoid using fatigable materials in critical structural components.

  • This material is fatigable.

  • Engineers must avoid using fatigable materials in critical structural components.

  • Designers look for alloys that are less fatigable for use in aircraft wings.

  • The repeated loading made the metal beam increasingly fatigable over time.

How Fatigue-Prone

fatigable
  • Specialized
9.8
unresistant
  • Specialized
6.8

Surface Forms

fatigable positive

Morphology

fatigable = fatigue (semi-transparent) = fatigue + able

Morphologically regular ('fatigue' + '-able'), but the engineering sense of 'fatigue' (material failure under repeated stress) is specialized and may not be known to general learners.

Etymology

The word fatigable comes from fatigue, from the Latin fatigare meaning 'to tire'. In engineering it describes materials that can 'fail after repeated stress', so the root helps you remember that parts can become 'tired' and break over time.