ventedadj.1
/ˈvɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈvɛn(t)əd/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > [adjective] > mined > of mine: exploded
vented1639
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 30 All the subtilties..were as so many vented mines, without any effect.
2. Allowed to escape; discharged.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > let out
unkennelled1589
vented1911
1911 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 522 The moral forces disengaged by the death of David Livingstone are a singular instance of this vented energy.
1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 27/2 Fortunately the vented gas did not ignite.
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ventedadj.2
/ˈvɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈvɛn(t)əd/ Equipped with vents or apertures. Cf. ported adj.1 2.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [adjective] > record-playing equipment > port of speaker enclosure
vented1940
1940 Electronics Mar. 34/1 The vented speaker enclosure uses a conventional cone type dynamic speaker mounted in a box lined with sound absorbent material.
1957 IRE Trans. on Audio V. 38/2 The vented enclosure allows the hf speaker to be mounted with its centroid to lie on the same point as that of the lf speaker.
1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. vi. 143 Because an aperture is an important part of the enclosure, the terms ‘vented-box’, ‘ported’ and ‘tunnelled’ are sometimes used to describe the system.
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