Vent

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Vent may refer to:

Science and technology

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

Biology

• Cloaca region of an animal
• Vent DNA polymerase

Related to moving gasses

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

Other

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

Tailoring

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

Entertainment

• Vent (radio series), a comedy series produced for BBC Radio 4 in 2006

Music

• Vents (musician), an Australian hip hop MC
• Vent (album), a 2001 album by Caliban
• Vent (EP), 2008 release from the band Sounds of Swami
• "Vent" (song), a song by Collective Soul

Video games

• Vent (Mega Man), a character in Mega Man ZX

See also

• Ventilation (disambiguation)