Zerrstreifen

English translation: distortion line

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German term or phrase:	Zerrstreifen
English translation:	distortion line
Entered by:	Kim Metzger

13:46 Nov 26, 2004

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German term or phrase: Zerrstreifen

Absolutely no context whatsoever, because this is from a vocabulary test where the person has to pick the right word from a list to fill the gap in a sentence, and this is one of the "wrong" words on the list.

Armorel Young KudoZ activity Questions: 383 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 3447
Local time: 10:27

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Explanation:
This was the only site I found with Zerrstreifen, but I don't have a good translation. It seems to be lines that distort the picture.

Versucht man dann zum Beispiel im HAM-Modus eine Animation durchzurechnen (einfacher Springbrunnen zur Demonstration der Partikeleffekte), so fällt auf, daß beim Anzeigen der Bilder während dem Rendern, die Farben der Workbench unpassend durchgreifen und so mitten in Grauverläufen auf einmal rote Zerrstreifen drinnen vorkommen. Problematischerweise sind die nicht nur in den Kontrollbildern, sondern auch in der fertigen Anim zu sehen. Weiterer Minuspunkt.
http://www.amigascene.at/amigascene/deutsch/0x0046.html

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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:27

Grading comment

Thanks - everyone made good points, and I'm tempted by David's suggestion that it may not be a word that people are supposed to know.
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Kim Metzger

tear-strip

David Moore (X)

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peer agreement (net): +2

Background info

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 123

Grading comment

Thanks - everyone made good points, and I'm tempted by David's suggestion that it may not be a word that people are supposed to know.

2 hrs confidence:

tear-strip

Explanation:
I have heard this used in this sense, to tear open cartons of biscuits and suchlike. Whether it was used as a (lazy?) corruption of "Zerreissstreifen", I really have no clue.

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Note added at 2 hrs 35 mins (2004-11-26 16:22:02 GMT)
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Maybe it was a made-up word?

David Moore (X)
Local time: 11:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14

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