equipotential

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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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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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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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It follows, therefore, that the number of equipotential surfaces per unit length can represent this limit, or rather the stress which leads to disruptive discharge.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various