Tearing
Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of skin, paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental. Unlike a cut, which is generally on a straight or patterned line controlled by a tool such as knives or scissors, a tear is generally uneven and, for the most part, unplanned. An exception is a tear along a perforated line, as found on a roll of toilet paper or paper towels, which has been previously partially cut, so the effort of tearing will probably produce a straight line.
Materials vary in their susceptibility to tearing. Some materials may be quite resistant to tearing when they are in their full form, but when a small cut or tear is made, the material becomes compromised, and the effort needed to continue tearing along that line becomes less.
See also [ Tear ] Tears formed by a person crying
"Bright and Shiny" fact
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In 1954, my father worked for an aircraft manufacturing company in Palmdale, California.
The aircraft he was working on had the unfortunate habit of having its wings tear off during test flights.
It was suggested that they paint a dotted line on the wings next to the fuselage with the caption "TEAR HERE" beacuse EVERYONE knows that nothing will ever tear along a line marked "Tear Here".
Whether it was the painted line or a change in aircraft design, it will never be known why the planes stopped losing wings in flight!
See also [ Tear ] formed by a person crying
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