# \shortparallel

The ∥ symbol (Parallel to, U+2225), written as \shortparallel in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/shortparallel

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ∥ |
| Unicode | U+2225 PARALLEL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\shortparallel
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 265 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2225 (PARALLEL TO).