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tearing

  • noun
  • /ˈtɛə.ɹɪŋ/

The act by which something is torn; a laceration.

Other meanings

  1. Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.

  2. continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

Related words

  • antitearing
  • tearingly
  • display tearing
  • hot tearing
  • screen tearing

Example sentences

  • “You're tearing me apart!”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tearing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.