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Void

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Void may refer to:

Science, engineering, and technology

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  • Void (astronomy), the spaces between galaxy filaments that contain no galaxies
  • Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material
  • Void, synonym for vacuum, a space containing no matter
  • Void, a bubble within a mechanical part that causes cavitation when it collapses
  • Void, an unwanted air pocket formed during injection moulding
  • VoID or Vocabulary of Interlinked Datasets, an RDF vocabulary to enable the discovery and use of linked data sets
  • Void coefficient, the change in the reactivity of a nuclear reactor when voids form in moderator or coolant fluids
  • Void Linux, a Linux distribution
  • Void ratio, the volume of void-space to solid space in a material
  • Void safety, in object-oriented programming, a guarantee that no object references will have null values
  • Void type, in programming languages, a keyword indicating the absence of data
  • Void set or empty set, the mathematical set with no elements

Arts, entertainment, and media

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Characters

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  • Void, a malevolent alter ego of superhero Sentry (Robert Reynolds)
  • Void (comics), one of the original team of the Wildcats
  • Void, the main antagonist in the 2000 video game Sonic Shuffle
  • Voids, the villains in the Zbots action-figures franchise
  • Void Termina, Void Soul, and Void, the overarching villain(s) in Kirby Star Allies
  • Void, a member of the God Hand and one of the main villains in Berserk

Films

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Literature

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  • A Void, a 1969 French novel written without using the letter e by Georges Perec
  • Void Trilogy, a science-fiction series by Peter F. Hamilton

Music

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Other arts, entertainment, and media

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  • Void (cards), to have no cards of a particular suit in one's hand during a card game
  • Void (fanzine), a major science-fiction fanzine started in the 1950s
  • Void Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Derry, Northern Ireland
  • Void Indigo, a comic book series written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Val Mayerik

Religion and philosophy

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Other uses

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See also

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