Emptiness is the state of being empty, i.e., not containing anything.
Hence, the term may refer metaphorically to several things:
- A blank information carrier, like an empty sheet of paper or an empty hard disk
- An empty data structure, such as an empty string
- In Buddhism, "emptiness" is called Ã
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- In set theory, emptiness is symbolized by the empty set: a set that contains no elements
- Lack of matter, or vacuum
Emptiness or The Emptiness may also refer to: