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Void is an adjective used to denote containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled;

Void may also refer to:

• Lack of matter, or vacuum
• Void, or Shunyata, Buddhist philosophical concept
• Nothing, is the absence of everything or a void.

Namesakes

• Sir Nose Devoid of Funk, character of P-Funk mythology
• A Void, English translation of Georges Perec's La Disparition
• Hands Holding the Void (Invisible Object) (1934) by Alberto Giacometti
• The Void (1958) and Leap Into the Void (1960) by Yves Klein

Etymology

From Old French vuit, voide (modern vide).

See also

• 0 (number)
• Abyss
• Bottomless pit
• Empty space
• Invisible
• Nihilism
• The Void (philosophy)
• Saut dans le vide by by Yves Klein
• In modern sculpture, void is a sculptural concept
• Treatise on the Void by Blaise Pascal
• Zero