Tearing

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ

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• Rhymes: -ɛərɪŋ

Verb

tearing

1. Present participle of tear.

Adjective

tearing

1. very hasty

   a tearing hurry

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

Tearing (uncountable)

1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

Anagrams

• angrite
• granite
• ingrate
• tangier, Tangierfr:tearing