• Tearing

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ
    • Rhymes: -ɛərɪŋ

    Origin 1

    Verb

    tearing
    1. Present participle of tear

    Adjective

    tearing
    1. very hastya tearing hurry

    Full definition of tearing

    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.

    Origin 2

    Noun

    tearing

    (uncountable)
    1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
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