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)