tearing

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English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tearing

  1. present participle and gerund of tear

Adjective

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tearing

  1. (colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
    a tearing great giant of a man
  2. (colloquial) very hasty
    a tearing hurry

Noun

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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.

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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tearing (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
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