equipotential
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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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The equipotential lines can be drawn by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines, if those are known.
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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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These equipotential lines may be delineated experimentally by attaching the terminals of a battery or batteries to small wires which touch at various places a sheet of tinfoil.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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