venting
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Noun
The act by which something is vented.
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It wasn't until 1978 that the general public learned that nuclear ventings were not unusual.
The release of unwanted gas directly into the atmosphere.
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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.
Noun
the act of venting
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