Vent

Vent or vents may refer to:

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

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