tearing
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
tearing
- Present participle of tear.
[edit] Adjective
tearing
- very hasty
- a tearing hurry
[edit] Noun
tearing (usually uncountable; plural tearings)
- The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
- (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
- 2003, David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics (page 303)
- Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.
- 2003, David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics (page 303)
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
tearing (uncountable)