equipotential
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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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The potential is the same along each equipotential line, meaning that no work is required to move a charge anywhere along one of those lines.
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The same field could be maintained by placing conducting plates at the equipotential lines at the potentials shown.
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The potential of such a shell at any internal point is constant, and the equipotential surfaces for external space are ellipsoids confocal with the ellipsoidal shell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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