equipotential
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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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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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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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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
