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venting

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

  1. The act by which something is vented.

    It wasn't until 1978 that the general public learned that nuclear ventings were not unusual.

  2. The release of unwanted gas directly into the atmosphere.

    Separate research suggests a switch from the flaring of methane to venting may be behind some of these vast outpourings. […] Venting simply releases the invisible methane into the air unburned, which, until recent developments in satellite technology, had been hard to detect.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of vent