| void | 1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled. "The earth was without form, and void." (Gen. I. 2) "I 'll get me to a place more void." (Shak) "I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country." (Massinger) 2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices and the like. "Divers great offices that had been long void." (Camden) 3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. "A conscience void of offense toward God." (Acts xxiv. 16) "He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor." (Prov. Xi. 12) 4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. "[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please." (Isa. Lv. 11) "I will make void the counsel of Judah." (Jer. Xix. 7) 5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. "Idol, void and vain." 6. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable. <physics> Void space, a vacuum. Synonym: Empty, vacant, devoid, wanting, unfurnished, unsupplied, unoccupied. Origin: OE. Voide, OF. Voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. Vide, fr. (assumed) LL. Vocitus, fr. L. Vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| void metal composite | A porous metal structure that enables tissue growth within the openings to establish long-term attachment between prosthesis and tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| signal void | In magnetic resonance imaging, a region emitting no radiofrequency signal, either because there are no activated protons in the region (such as flowing blood) or because a different element predominates, particularly calcium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flow void | In magnetic resonance imaging, the absence of signal from blood whose activated protons leave a region before their magnetization is measured. See: signal void. (05 Mar 2000) |