equipotential
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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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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.
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In the electrical analogue, the source and sink are respectively a point-charge and what is called the "electric image" of that charge with respect to the sphere, which is in this case an equipotential surface.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
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