Void

Void may refer to:

In science and engineering

• Void (astronomy), the empty spaces between galaxy filaments
• Lack of matter, or vacuum
• Void, in boiling heat transfer, formed where there is a departure from nucleate boiling, causing a critical heat flux
• Void, in mechanical engineering, is a bubble or pocket of vapor which forms near a propeller or pump, causing cavitation
• Void, in injection molding, describes a defect where there are empty spaces (air pockets) in a completed part
• Void coefficient, in nuclear engineering, is a measure of how spaces devoid of either moderator or coolant effect the reactivity of a nuclear reactor
• Void ratio, of voids to solids in a mixture, in material sciences
• Void safety, an issue raised in programming by a reference that is not attached to an object, also known as null reference
• Void type, keyword indicating the absence of type information in many programming languages
• VoiD (Vocabulary of Interlinked Dataset), the vocabulary to describe linked open datasets in order for users to discover, interlink and evaluate the quality of these datasets on the Web
• Void - adjective describing a law which has no legal force or effect, or is not legally binding or enforceable

In fiction

• Void (comics), character from WildC.A.T.S.
• Void (fanzine), a major science fiction fanzine
• Void, a fictional location or realm in Mortal Kombat
• Void, an evil demon in Berserk
• The Void Knights of Guthix, a fictional organisation in the MMORPG RuneScape
• Void Trilogy, science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton
• A Void (novel), translation into English of La Disparition
• The Void (video game) (also known as Tension), a 2008 adventure video game by Ice-Pick Lodge
• Enter the Void, a movie by Gaspar Noé 2009
• Violet Void, a power in the game Sonic Colors that sucks up anything in its path.
• The Void, The place underneath the map of the game Minecraft
• The Void, a fictional location that the Time Lords called the emptiness between universes in Doctor Who

In music

• The Void, a French pop/rock band
• Void (band), a Washington, D.C.-based hardcore punk band
• Void (album), the debut full-length studio album by the American post-metal band Intronaut
• VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration), by the Flaming Lips
• "Void Malign", a song by the band Grendel
• ØØ Void, the second album by Sunn O)))
• "Into the Void" (Black Sabbath song), from the album Master of Reality
• Throne Of Void, an album by Isole
• We Are the Void, a 2010 studio album by Dark Tranquillity
• Love In A Void, a song by Siouxsie & The Banshees
• Destroyer of the Void, a 2010 album by the band Blitzen Trapper
• The Magnificent Void, a 1996 album by ambient musician Steve Roach
• 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
• Void (Sonic Shuffle), a character in the video game Sonic Shuffle
• Void Indigo, a comic book series written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Val Mayerik
• Voids, the villains in the Zbots action-figures franchise

Other uses

• Void, in Accounting, of a transaction, canceled or reversed as if it never happened
• Void (law), to render an action or document (such as a check (cheque) or other instrument) of no value or effect
• Void, a keyword in object-oriented programming used to define an object that does not have a return type
• Void (cards), to have no cards of a particular suit in one's hand during a card game
• Void, a verb used in a medical context to denote excretion
• Void, in housing, accommodation without occupancy agreement, without income
• Void, in Ultimate frisbee, the name of the University of Pennsylvania men's ultimate frisbee team
• Void, or Shunyata, Buddhist philosophical concept
• Kū, one of the Five elements (Japanese philosophy), is sometimes translated "void" in English

See also

• The Void (disambiguation)
• Avoid (disambiguation)
• ÉVoid, rock band
• Devoid, album by Dark Lunacy
• Ovoid (oval)
• Voidable, a concept in law