tearing

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

tearing

  1. Present participle of tear.

[edit] Adjective

tearing

  1. very hasty
    a tearing hurry

[edit] Noun

tearing (usually uncountable; plural tearings)

  1. The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  2. (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.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

tearing (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

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