tearing

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, tear) .
  2. Adjective.  very hasty.
  3. Noun.  The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  4. Noun.  (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  5. Noun.  (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora.

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