Void

Void may refer to:

In science and engineering

• Void (astronomy), the empty spaces between galaxy filaments
• Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material
• 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 casting or 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 affect 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

In fiction

• Void (comics), character from WildC.A.T.S.
• Void (Cosmic Entity), a character from the Marvel Super Heroes RPG
• Void (fanzine), a major science fiction fanzine
• Void (film), a 2013 Lebanese film
• 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

In music

• 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
• "The Void", a song by the band Metric from the album Synthetica
• "A Void", a song by the band Phase from the album In Consequence
• 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)))
• 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
• VOID (NaNa album), a 1999 album by Japanese pop/rock musical duo NaNa

In art

• Modern sculpture, void is a sculptural concept

In law

• Void (law), something that has no legal effect
• Voidable

Other uses

• Void, in Accounting, of a transaction, canceled or reversed as if it never happened
• 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
• Nothing, is the absence of everything or a void.

See also

• The Void (disambiguation)
• Avoid (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Void
• Hole (disambiguation)