tearing

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛərɪŋ

tearing

1. present participle of tear

tearing

1. (colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact

   a tearing great giant of a man

2. (colloquial) very hasty

   a tearing hurry

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪə.ɹɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ

tearing (uncountable)

1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

• Granite, Tangier, angrite, granite, ingrate, tangier