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screen tearing

screen tearing noun: a phenomenon where the image on a screen appears to horizontally "tear" in two due to lack of synchronization between the video feed and the display's refresh rate.

Noun

screen tearing (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon where the image on a screen appears to horizontally "tear" in two due to lack of synchronization between the video feed and the display's refresh rate.
    Synonyms:
    display tearing

Synonyms of screen tearing

Questions about screen tearing

What does screen tearing mean?
Screen tearing means a phenomenon where the image on a screen appears to horizontally "tear" in two due to lack of synchronization between the video feed and the display's refresh rate.
What part of speech is screen tearing?
Screen tearing is a noun.

Words near screen tearing in the dictionary

  1. screen scraping
  2. screen share
  3. screen shared
  4. screen shares
  5. screen sharing
  6. screen tearing
  7. screen test
  8. screen tests
  9. screen time
  10. screen times
  11. screen used

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