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| - | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Ars Memoriae]]'': The [[Theatre]] ([[1619]]) - [[Robert Fludd]] | + | [[Image:Black Square by Malevich.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Black Square]]'' (1915) by [[Kazimir Malevich]]]] |
| - | <br> | + | [[Image:Marche Funèbre composée pour les Funérailles d'un grand homme sourd.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Funeral March for the Obsequies of a Deaf Man]]'' (1884), a composition by [[Alphonse Allais]]. It consists of nine [[blank]] measures and predates comparable works by [[John Cage]] ("[[4′33″]]") by a considerable margin.]] |
| - | “In the [[illusion|illusory]] [[babel]]s of language, an [[artist]] might [[avant-garde|advance]] specifically to get [[lost]], and to [[drugs|intoxicate]] himself in dizzying syntaxes, seeking odd [[intersection]]s of [[meaning]], [[strange]] corridors of history, [[unexpected]] echoes, [[unknown]] humors, or [[void]]s of [[knowledge…]] but this quest is [[risky]], full of bottomless [[fiction]]s and endless architectures and [[counter]]-architectures… at the end, if there is an end, are perhaps only [[meaningless]] reverberations.” --[[Robert Smithson]]]] | + | |
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| - | '''Void''' may refer to: | ||
| - | ==In science and engineering== | ||
| - | *[[Void (astronomy)]], the empty spaces between galaxy filaments | ||
| - | *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 | ||
| - | *[[Vacancy defect]], in [[crystallography]], is a type of point defect in a crystal in from which an atom is missing from one of the lattice sites, making a void | ||
| - | ==In fiction== | + | '''Void''' is an adjective used to denote containing [[nothing]]; [[empty]]; [[vacant]]; not occupied; not [[fill]]ed; |
| - | *[[Void (comics)]], character from ''WildC.A.T.S.'' | + | |
| - | *[[Void (fanzine)|''Void'' (fanzine)]], a major science fiction fanzine | + | |
| - | *[[Void Trilogy]], science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton | + | |
| - | *[[A Void (novel)|''A Void'' (novel)]], translation into English of ''La Disparition'' | + | |
| - | *[[The Void (video game)|''The Void'' (video game)]] (also known as ''Tension''), a 2008 adventure video game by Ice-Pick Lodge | + | |
| - | *''[[Enter the Void]]'', a movie by Gaspar Noé 2009 | + | |
| - | *Violet Void, a power in the game ''[[Sonic Colors]]'' that sucks up anything in its path | + | |
| - | ==In music== | + | '''Void''' may also refer to: |
| - | *[[Void (band)]], a Washington, D.C.-based hardcore punk band | + | |
| - | *[[Void (album)|''Void'' (album)]], the debut full-length studio album by the American post-metal band Intronaut | + | |
| - | *''[[VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)]]'', by the Flaming Lips | + | |
| - | *"Void Malign", a song by the band [[Grendel (band)|Grendel]] | + | |
| - | *''[[ØØ Void]]'', the second album by Sunn O))) | + | |
| - | *[[Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)|"Into the Void" (Black Sabbath song)]], from the album ''Master of Reality'' | + | |
| - | *[[Into the Void (Nine Inch Nails song)|"Into the Void" (Nine Inch Nails song)]], from the album ''The Fragile'' | + | |
| - | *''Throne Of Void'', an album by [[Isole (band)|Isole]] | + | |
| - | *''[[We Are the Void]]'', a 2010 studio album by Dark Tranquillity | + | |
| - | *"Love in a Void", the B-side to Siouxsie And The Banshees' "[[Mittageisen]]" single | + | |
| - | *''[[Destroyer of the Void]]'', a 2010 album by the band Blitzen Trapper | + | |
| - | *''[[The Magnificent Void]]'', a 1996 album by ambient musician Steve Roach | + | |
| - | *''[[Touching the Void]]'', a 1989 book about a near-fatal attempt to climb ''Siula Grande'' | + | |
| - | **[[Touching the Void (film)|''Touching the Void'' (film)]], a 2003 film based on the book | + | |
| - | *[[Void (Sonic Shuffle)|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)|''VOID'' (NaNa album)]], a 1999 album by Japanese pop/rock musical duo NaNa | + | |
| - | ==In art== | + | *[[Lack]] of matter, or [[vacuum]] |
| - | *[[Modern sculpture]], void is a sculptural concept | + | |
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| - | ==Other uses== | + | |
| - | *Void, in [[Accounting]], of a transaction, canceled or reversed as if it never happened | + | |
| - | *[[Void (law)]], something that has no legal effect | + | |
| - | *[[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 [[House|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 | *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. | *[[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 Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State into Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility, The Void|The Void]]'' (1958) and ''[[Leap Into the Void]]'' (1960) by Yves Klein | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Old French ''vuit, voide'' (modern ''vide''). | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[The Void (disambiguation)]] | + | *[[0 (number)]] |
| - | *[[Avoid (disambiguation)]] | + | *[[Abyss]] |
| - | + | *[[Bottomless pit]] | |
| - | {{disambig}} | + | *[[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]] | ||
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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.
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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
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Etymology
From Old French vuit, voide (modern vide).
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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
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