Parallel

Parallel may refer to:

Mathematics

• Parallel (geometry), two lines in the Euclidean plane which never intersect
• Parallel (operator), mathematical operation named after the composition of electrical resistance in parallel circuits

Science and engineering

• Parallel (latitude), an imaginary east–west line circling a globe
• Parallel of declination, used in astronomy
• Parallel, a geometric term of location meaning "in the same direction"
• Parallel electrical circuits

Computing

• Parallel (software), a UNIX utility for running programs in parallel

Language

• Parallelism (grammar), a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses
• Parallelism (rhetoric)

Entertainment

• Parallel (manga)
• Parallel (2018 film), a Canadian science fiction thriller film
• Parallel (2024 film) an American science fiction thriller film
• Parallel (video), a compilation of music videos by R.E.M.
• Parallel (The Black Dog album), 1995
• Parallel (Four Tet album)
• Parallel (EP), a 2017 EP by GFriend
• "The Parallel", an episode of the TV series The Twilight Zone

Music

• Parallel harmony, a music composition technic
• Parallel key

Other uses

• Parallel, a type of trench; see Siege#Age of gunpowder
• Avinguda del Paral·lel
• Parallel (filling stations operator), an operator in Ukraine's oil wholesale and retail markets
• Paral·lel station, a Barcelona Metro station

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Parallel
• Parallels (disambiguation)
• Parallel lines (disambiguation)
• Parallel universe (disambiguation)
• Parallel World (disambiguation)