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Definition: tearing


In a movie or video game, the appearance of horizontal sections of the screen momentarily offset from each other. Tearing occurs when two sequential frames are rendered in the same refresh cycle. See vertical sync and adaptive sync.




Screen Tearing
This simulated and exaggerated example, shows how tearing appears on screen when two frames are rendered in the same monitor refresh cycle.





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