Vent
# 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
