Vent or vents may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

*Vent, the

cloaca A cloaca ( ), : cloacae ( or ), or vent, is the rear orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive (rectum), reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, cartilagin ...

region of an animal * Vent DNA polymerase, a thermostable DNA polymerase

Geology

Hydrothermal vent Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hot ...

, a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues *

Volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...

, 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 A drain-waste-vent system (or DWV) is the combination of pipes and plumbing fittings that captures sewage and greywater within a structure and routes it toward a water treatment system. It includes venting to the exterior environment to preve ...

or plumbing drainage venting, pipes leading from fixtures to the outdoors *

Duct (flow) Ducts are conduits or passages used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) to deliver and remove air. The needed airflows include, for example, ''supply air'', ''return air'', and ''exhaust air''. Ducts commonly also deliver '' ve ...

, used to deliver and remove air *

Flue A flue is a duct, pipe, or opening in a chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, furnace, water heater, boiler, or generator to the outdoors. Historically the term flue meant the chimney itself. In the United States, they a ...

, a duct, pipe, or chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a furnace or water heater *

Gas venting Gas venting, more specifically known as natural-gas venting or methane venting, is the intentional and controlled release of gases containing alkane hydrocarbons - predominately methane - into Earth's atmosphere. It is a widely used method for ...

, a safe vent in the hydrocarbon and chemical industries *

Medical ventilator A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathi ...

, mechanical breathing machine *

Touch hole A touch hole, also known as a cannon vent, is a small hole at the rear (breech) portion of the barrel of a muzzleloading gun or cannon. The hole provides external access of an ignition spark into the breech chamber of the barrel (where the com ...

, a vent on a cannon *

Vent shaft In subterranean civil engineering, ventilation shafts, also known as airshafts or vent shafts, are vertical passages used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air. In architecture, an airshaft, also known ...

or ventilation shaft

People

Vents (musician) Joseph Lardner, better known by the stage name Vents and also known as Vents One, Vents 1 and Vents Uno, is an Australian hip hop artist from Adelaide, South Australia. He has released two albums, 2007's ''Hard to Kill'' and 2011's ''Marked for ...

, Australian hip hop MC * Vents Feldmanis (born 1977), Latvian ice hockey defenceman *

Vents Armands Krauklis Vents Armands Krauklis (born 3 February 1964 in Valka, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian politician and musician as a member of the famous melodic music band Bumerangs. He was a Deputy of the Saeima and a member of the People's Party. He was the Mayor o ...

(born 1964), Latvian politician and musician *''Vent.'', taxonomic abbreviation for

Étienne Pierre Ventenat Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1 March 1757 – 13 August 1808) was a French botanist born in Limoges. He was the brother of naturalist Louis Ventenat (1765–1794). While employed as director of the ecclesiastic library Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, ...

(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 ''Return of 4Eva'' is a 2011 self-produced official mixtape by rapper and producer Big K.R.I.T. released on March 28, 2011. The mixtape features guest appearances from Chamillionaire, Raheem DeVaughn, Joi, Big Sant, and fellow Mississippian, Dav ...

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 ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' (''AJC'') is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger ...

Brands and enterprises

Vent (imprint) Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, is a German publishing group headquartered in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 2002 in Düsseldorf, its book production is based on print-to-order technology. The company publi ...

, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing *

Ventrilo Ventrilo (or Vent for short) is a proprietary VoIP software that includes text chat. The Ventrilo client and server are both available as freeware for use with up to 8 people on the same server. Rented servers can maintain up to 400 people. T ...

(or Vent), Internet VoIP chat software

Other uses

Vent (tailoring) A vent is a vertical slit rising from the bottom hem of a jacket or a skirt, generally to allow for ease of movement.Bookster, a manufacturer of tweed jackets, has illustrations of various features of jackets: {{cite web , url = http://www.tweed-ja ...

, a slit up the back of a jacket or coat