equipotential

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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Isolines in a region where an electric field exists represent lines of equal electric potential, referred to as equipotential lines.

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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.

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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

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Then the charge at A together with the induced surface charge on the plate makes a certain field of electric force on the left of the plate PO, which is a zero equipotential surface.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various