Parallel To
Part of Math Symbols
Parallel To has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ∥
- Unicode
- U+2225
About this symbol
∥ means “is parallel to”: AB ∥ CD says the two lines never meet. In some fields it also marks two things working side by side, as in electrical circuits wired in parallel.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- PARALLEL TO
- Type
- Maths symbol
- Unicode block
- Mathematical Operators
- Unicode group
- Relations
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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