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equipotential

[ee-kwuh-puh-ten-shuhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwə pəˈtɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- /


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The same field could be maintained by placing conducting plates at the equipotential lines at the potentials shown.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

In the language of physics, the stratus forms an equipotential surface in the gravitational field permeating the earth's atmosphere.

From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs




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