equipotential

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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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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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Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

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And Driesch holds it to be impossible to distribute a complicated tectonic among the elements of an equipotential system.

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf