VENTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does venting mean? 

• VENTING (noun)
  The noun VENTING has 1 sense:

1. the act of venting

  Familiarity information: VENTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of venting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

discharge; venting

Hypernyms ("venting" is a kind of...):

emanation; emission (the act of emitting; causing to flow forth)

Derivation:

vent (expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen)

 Context examples 

I only wonder that at that moment, instead of venting my sensations in exclamations and agony, I did not rush among mankind and perish in the attempt to destroy them.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The most likely explanation is that `Oumuamua is venting material from its surface due to solar heating — a behaviour known as outgassing.

(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)

Additional investigation revealed the moon has a global ocean beneath its icy crust, from which the jets are venting into space.

(Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon, NASA)

Their visit did not continue long after the question and answer above mentioned; and while Mr. Darcy was attending them to their carriage Miss Bingley was venting her feelings in criticisms on Elizabeth's person, behaviour, and dress.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Using the same observing method that detects atmospheres around planets orbiting other stars, the team realized if there was water vapor venting from Europa's surface, this observation would be an excellent way to see it.

(Possible Water Plumes on Jupiter's Moon Europa, NASA)

The excess heat is especially pronounced over three fractures that are not unlike the tiger stripes — prominent, actively venting fractures that slice across the pole — except that they don't appear to be active at the moment.

(Cassini Sees Heat Below the Icy Surface of Enceladus, NASA)