Void

Void may refer to:

In fiction:

• Void (comics), character from WildC.A.T.S.
• Void (Mortal Kombat), a fictional location or realm in Mortal Kombat
• 'Void', one of the minor villains in Sonic the Hedgehog
• Void 1.1, a science fiction wargame created by I-Kore.

In non-fiction:

• Touching the Void, a 1989 book about a near-fatal attempt to climb Siula Grande
• Touching the Void (film), a 2003 film based on the book

In literature:

• A Void (novel), translation into English of La Disparition
• Void (fanzine), major science fiction fanzine
• Void magazine, web-based literary magazine
• Void Trilogy, science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton

In music:

• ØØ Void, the second album by Sunn O)))
• Void (band), Washington, D.C.-based hardcore punk band on the Dischord label
• VOID (DVD), by the Flaming Lips containing 18 of their music videos

In science:

• Void (astronomy), the empty spaces between galaxy filaments
• Void coefficient, estimated number in nuclear engineering
• Void ratio, of voids to solids in a mixture, in material sciences

In other fields:

• Void or Shunyata, Buddhist philosophical concept
• Void (cards), to have no cards of a particular suit in one's hand during a card game
• Void (law), to render a check (cheque) or other instrument of no value or utility
• Void type, keyword indicating the absence of type information in many programming languages
• electromigration, void in conductor caused by electromigration
• Void Magic, in the settings of some anime, games, novels or other fantasy worlds this is often a field of magic. Quite often the fields are Fire, Wind, Water, Earth and Void. An example of this is Zero no Tsukaima

See also

• The Void (disambiguation)

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