Vent

Vent or vents may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

• Vent, the cloaca region of an animal
• Vent DNA polymerase, a thermostable DNA polymerase

Geology

• Hydrothermal vent, a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues
• Volcano, a point where magma emerges from the Earth's surface and becomes lava

Moving gases

• Vent (submarine), a valve on a submarine's ballast tanks
• Automatic bleeding valve, a plumbing valve used to automatically release trapped air from a heating system
• Drain-waste-vent system or plumbing drainage venting, pipes leading from fixtures to the outdoors
• Duct (flow), used to deliver and remove air
• Flue, a duct, pipe, or chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a furnace or water heater
• Gas venting, a safe vent in the hydrocarbon and chemical industries
• Medical ventilator, mechanical breathing machine
• Touch hole, a vent on a cannon
• Vent shaft or ventilation shaft

People

• Vents (musician), Australian hip hop MC
• Vents Feldmanis (born 1977), Latvian ice hockey defenceman
• Vents Armands Krauklis (born 1964), Latvian politician and musician
• Vent., taxonomic abbreviation for Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808), French botanist

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums and EPs

• Vent (album), a 2001 album by Caliban
• Vent (EP), a 2008 release by Sounds of Swami

Songs

• "Vent" (song), by Collective Soul
• "The Vent", a song by Big K.R.I.T. from Return of 4Eva

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Vent (Mega Man), a character in Mega Man ZX
• Vent (radio series), a comedy series produced for BBC Radio 4 in 2006
• The Vent, a column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Brands and enterprises

• Vent (imprint), an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing
• Ventrilo (or Vent), Internet VoIP chat software

Other uses

• Vent (tailoring), a slit up the back of a jacket or coat

See also

• Fissure
• Ventilation (disambiguation)
• Venting (disambiguation)