void adj

1 lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: null]

2 containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"

1 the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, nullity]

2 an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: vacancy, emptiness, vacuum]

1 declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify] [ant: validate]

2 clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place, receptacle, etc.) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"

3 take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidateas a contract" [syn: invalidate, vitiate] [ant: validate]

4 excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, empty]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

1. Having lost all legal validity

   null and void

Translations

Noun

1. An empty space; a vacuum.

   Nobody had crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

Translations

Verb

1. To make invalid or worthless.

   He voided the check and returned it.

2. To empty.

   void one’s bowels

Synonyms

• (1): annul, cancel
• (2): evacuate

Translations

Void may refer to:

In fiction:

• Void (comics), character from WildC.A.T.S.
• Void (Mortal Kombat), a fictional location or realm in Mortal Kombat
• 'Void', one of the minor villains in Sonic the Hedgehog
• Void 1.1, a science fiction wargame created by I-Kore
• A Void (novel), translation into English of La Disparition
• Void (fanzine), major science fiction fanzine
• Void magazine, web-based literary magazine
• Void Trilogy, science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton

In non-fiction:

• Touching the Void, a 1989 book about a near-fatal attempt to climb Siula Grande
• Touching the Void (film), a 2003 film based on the book

In music:

• ØØ Void, the second album by Sunn O)))
• Void (band), Washington, D.C.-based hardcore punk band on the Dischord label
• VOID (DVD), by the Flaming Lips containing 18 of their music videos

In science:

• Void (astronomy), the empty spaces between galaxy filaments
• Void coefficient, estimated number in nuclear engineering
• Void ratio, of voids to solids in a mixture, in material sciences

In other fields:

• Void or Shunyata, Buddhist philosophical concept
• Void (cards), to have no cards of a particular suit in one's hand during a card game
• Void (law), to render a check (cheque) or other instrument of no value or utility
• Void type, keyword indicating the absence of type information in many programming languages
• electromigration, void in conductor caused by electromigration
• Void Magic, in the settings of some anime, games, novels or other fantasy worlds this is often a field of magic. Quite often the fields are Fire, Wind, Water, Earth and Void. An example of this is Zero no Tsukaima and Inuyasha

See also

• The Void (disambiguation)

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