voiding

Found in thesaurus: emission, discharge, expelling

Babylon EnglishDownload this dictionary
void
v. empty; make invalid

English Wikipedia - The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
Urination
Urination is the release of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the urinary meatus outside of the body. It is also known medically as micturition, voiding, uresis, or, rarely, emiction, and known colloquially by various names including tinkling, peeing, weeing, and pissing.

See more at Wikipedia.org...


© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
WordNet 2.0Download this dictionary
voiding

Noun
1. the bodily process of discharging waste matter
(synonym) elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting
(hypernym) discharge, emission, expelling
(hyponym) defecation, laxation, shitting
(derivation) evacuate, void, empty

 
void

Noun
1. the state of nonexistence
(synonym) nothingness, nullity
(hypernym) nonexistence, nonentity
(hyponym) thin air
(derivation) invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
2. an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
(synonym) vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
(hypernym) space

Verb
1. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
(synonym) invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) break
(derivation) nothingness, nullity
2. clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place, receptacle, etc.) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
(hypernym) empty
(derivation) vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
3. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidateas a contract"
(synonym) invalidate, vitiate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
4. excrete or discharge from the body
(synonym) evacuate, empty
(hypernym) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(hyponym) suction
(derivation) defecator, voider, shitter

Adjective
1. lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"
(synonym) null
(similar) invalid
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"
(similar) empty


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Voiding
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Void
  
 
(n.)
The act of one who, or that which, v/ids.
  
 
(n.)
That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
  
 
(a.)
Receiving what is ejected or voided.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
BioProcess International™ GlossaryDownload this dictionary
void
a space or gap, usually at the head of the column, caused by settling or dissolution of the column packing; sometimes filled with glass beads or packing resin.

Copyright © 2002 - 2006, BioProcess International™. All rights reserved.