What is "void space"

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.