Void
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| *[[Sir Nose Devoid of Funk]], character of P-Funk mythology | *[[Sir Nose Devoid of Funk]], character of P-Funk mythology | ||
| *''[[A Void]]'', English translation of Georges Perec's ''La Disparition'' | *''[[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== | ==Etymology== | ||
| From Old French ''vuit, voide'' (modern ''vide''). | From Old French ''vuit, voide'' (modern ''vide''). | ||
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| *[[Bottomless pit]] | *[[Bottomless pit]] | ||
| *[[Empty space]] | *[[Empty space]] | ||
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| *[[Nihilism]] | *[[Nihilism]] | ||
| *[[The Void (philosophy)]] | *[[The Void (philosophy)]] | ||
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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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