What is "void"

Void \Void\, n. An empty space; a vacuum.

Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
--Pope.

Void \Void\, v. i. To be emitted or evacuated.
--Wiseman.

Void \Void\, a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid.]

1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

   The earth was without form, and void.
   --Gen. i.

2. I 'll get me to a place more void.
   --Shak.

   I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country.
   --Massinger.

   2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

   Divers great offices that had been long void.
   --Camden.

3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
   --Milton.

   A conscience void of offense toward God.
   --Acts xxiv. 16.

   He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
   --Prov. xi. 12.

4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

   [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
   --Isa. lv. 11.

   I will make void the counsel of Judah.
   --Jer. xix. 7.

5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. ``Idol, void and vain.''
   --Pope.

6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.

   Void space (Physics), a vacuum.

   Syn: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.

Void \Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.]

1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.

   Void anon her place.
   --Chaucer.

   If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field.
   --Shak.

2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.

   A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices.
   --Barrow.

   With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones.
   --J. Webster.

3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.

   After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken.
   --Bp. Burnet.

   It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
   --Clarendon.

c.1300, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide, viude "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, uncultivated, fallow," as a noun, "opening, hole; loss," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid, without legal efficacy" is attested from mid-15c.

1610s, "unfilled space, gap," from void (adj.). Meaning "absolute empty space, vacuum" is from 1727.

"to clear" (some place, of something), c.1300, from Anglo-French voider, Old French vuider "to empty, drain; to abandon, evacuate," from voide (see void (adj.)); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.

Etymology 1

1. 1 Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled. 2 Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc. 3 Being without; destitute; devoid. 4 Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. 5 Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification. 6 Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. 7 (context computing programming of a function or method English) That does not return a value. n. 1 An empty space; a vacuum. 2 (context astronomy English) An extended region of space containing no galaxy 3 (context materials science English) A collection of adjacent vacancy inside a crystal lattice. 4 (context fluid mechanics English) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation. v

2. 1 (label en transitive) To make invalid or worthless. 2 (label en transitive medicine) To empty. 3 To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge. 4 (label en intransitive obsolete) To withdraw, depart. Etymology 2

   n. (context now rare historical English) A voidee. (from 15th

3. )

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

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

1. v. 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]

1. n. 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]

VOID may refer to:

• VOID (NaNa album), 1999
• VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration), a 2005 DVD by The Flaming Lips
• A device in security paper to prevent copying

In card games, to be void in a suit of cards is to not have cards of that suit in one's hand. This is useful in games such as bridge. For instance, one player can lead with the suit in which his partner is void so as to give a ruff.

VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration) is a 5.1 surround sound DVD by The Flaming Lips released on August 23, 2005.

It contains new commentary by the band and nineteen music videos made by the band throughout their musical career.

Void was a major science fiction fanzine. It was started in the 1950s by Gregory Benford and his identical twin brother Jim Benford, when they were living in Germany; then later co-edited by Gregory Benford, Ted White, Terry Carr, and Peter Graham. It is described in one reference work thus: "Void'' was the fanzine with many heads. Its many editors covered all aspects of fanac — criticism, humor, history and commentary."''

Void is a fictional comic book character in the Wildstorm Universe.

In law, void means of no legal effect. An action, document or transaction which is void is of no legal effect whatsoever: an absolute nullity — the law treats it as if it had never existed or happened. The term void ab initio, which means "to be treated as invalid from the outset," comes from adding the Latin phrase ab initio (from the beginning) as a qualifier. For example, in many jurisdictions where a person signs a contract under duress, that contract is treated as being void ab initio.

Void is the debut full-length studio album by the American post-metal band Intronaut. It was released on August 23, 2006 in the USA through the Goodfellow Records.

Void was an American hardcore punk band formed in Columbia, Maryland, in 1980. The group was a pioneering force in the thriving D.C. Hardcore scene in Washington D. C. during the early 1980s, successfully combining elements of punk with heavy metal in a style that was accepted by the scene's otherwise exclusive community. Void's punk-metal fusion sound was marked by guitarist Bubba Dupree's innnovative guitar work and the "unhinged" vocals of John Weiffenbach, which resonated in the band's chaotic but popular live performances. Like many of their contemporaries, Void had a short-lived recording career -- limited to the spilt- album, Faith/Void Split, with the Faith on Dischord Records -- however, they have enjoyed an enduring cult following among hardcore aficionados.

Cosmic voids are the vast empty spaces between filaments (the largest-scale structures in the Universe), which contain very few or no galaxies. Voids typically have a diameter of 10 to 100 megaparsecs; particularly large voids, defined by the absence of rich superclusters, are sometimes called supervoids. They have less than one-tenth of the average density of matter abundance that is considered typical for the observable Universe. They were first discovered in 1978 in a pioneering study by Stephen Gregory and Laird A. Thompson at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Voids are believed to have been formed by baryon acoustic oscillations in the Big Bang, collapses of mass followed by implosions of the compressed baryonic matter. Starting from initially small anisotropies from quantum fluctuations in the early Universe, the anisotropies grew larger in scale over time. Regions of higher density collapsed more rapidly under gravity, eventually resulting in the large-scale, foam-like structure or “cosmic web” of voids and galaxy filaments seen today. Voids located in high-density environments are smaller than voids situated in low-density spaces of the universe.

Voids appear to correlate with the observed temperature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) because of the Sachs–Wolfe effect. Colder regions correlate with voids and hotter regions correlate with filaments because of gravitational redshifting. As the Sachs–Wolfe effect is only significant if the Universe is dominated by radiation or dark energy, the existence of voids is significant in providing physical evidence for dark energy.

VOID is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore/ Hardcore punk band Vanna. The album was released on June 17, 2014. First album that released through Pure Noise Records. This album marks a change to their sound that is more melodic and aggressive than their previous releases. The Album had its highest release and first appearance on the Billboard top 200 with sales over 1800+ copies and charting at #157 along with charting on Heatseeker (#20). This attributed to their successful appearance on the 2014 Vans Warped Tour.

A void is a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material. A void is typically the result of an imperfection from the processing of the material and is generally deemed undesirable. Because a void is a non-uniformity in a composite material, it can affect the mechanical properties and lifespan of the composite. Voids can act as a crack nucleation site as well as allow moisture to penetrate the composite and contribute to anisotropy of the composite . This is an issue because crack formation and propagation can create unpredictable behavior in the laminate. For aerospace applications, a void content of approximately 1% is appropriate for performance while other grades of composites can have between 3%-5% void content. A small change in the percentage of void content may not seem like a large problem however for a loaded carbon fiber laminate composite, a 1%-3% increase in void content can reduce the mechanical properties of the composite by up to 20% Void content in composites is represented as a ratio, also called void ratio, where the volume of voids, solid material, and bulk volume are taken into account. Void ratio can be calculated by the formula below where e is the void ratio of the composite, V is the volume of the voids, and V is the volume of the bulk material.

$$\text{Void Ratio}(e)=\frac{V_v}{V_t-V_v}$$

Void is a 2013 Lebanese drama film written by Georges Khabbaz and directed by seven different directors, who are all graduates from Notre Dame University. The film was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.