Panel may refer to:

Arts and media

Visual arts

* Panel painting, in art, a painting on a wood panel (as opposed to canvas, a wall etc) * Panel (comics), a single image in a comic book, comic strip or cartoon; also, a comic strip containing one such image *Groupings of rock art, pictographs or petroglyphs

Television

* ''The Panel'' (Australian TV series), an Australian talk show * ''The Panel'' (Irish TV series), an Irish talk show * Panel game, a form of game show involving a group of celebrities

Law

* Judicial panel, set of judges who sit to hear a cause of action *

Jury A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make Question of fact, findings of fact, and render an impartiality, impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a sentence (law), penalty or Judgmen ...

panel, body of people convened to render a judicial verdict * ''Panel'', or ''pannel'', in Scotland, formal term in solemn proceedings for an accused person; see

Indictment An indictment ( ) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offense is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use that concept often use that of an ind ...

People

* Brice Panel (born 1983), French sprinter * Caroline Giron-Panel (born 1979), French historian and musicologist

Science and technology

Electrical devices

* Breaker panel, a flat area containing electrical circuit breakers * Control panel (engineering), a flat area containing controls and indicators, used to operate machinery * Flat panel display, in (for example) laptops and mobile devices *

Solar panel A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited electrons when exposed to light. These electrons flow through a circuit and produce direct ...

, a flat module of photovoltaic solar cells * Panel switch, a type of electromechanical telephone switching system developed by the Bell System in the 1920s

Other physical objects

*Several types of planar structural elements ** Structural insulated panel, a building construction system *

Panelling Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity ...

, a form of wall covering used for decoration and (originally) insulation * Panel edge staining, build-up on aluminium or stainless steel paneling *Panels, sections of fabric or other material that make up a parachute canopy

Research protocols

* Survey panel, a type of non-random sample survey * Panel study or longitudinal study, a research design involving repeated observations over time ** Panel data or longitudinal data, measured over time

Software

* Panel (computer software), a widget or a control element ** Control panel (software), an interface based by metaphor on a physical control panel * GNOME Panel, a taskbar implementation for the GNOME desktop environment

Other uses in science and technology

Test panel A test panel is a predetermined group of medical tests used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Test panels (sometimes called profiles) are typically composed of individual laboratory tests which are related in some way: by the medical cond ...

, a predetermined group of medical tests

Other uses

* Panel discussion, a small group of experts speaking in turns before an audience, usually including a question period and usually with the purpose of educating or persuading