equipotential
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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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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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Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.
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It follows, therefore, that the number of equipotential surfaces per unit length can represent this limit, or rather the stress which leads to disruptive discharge.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
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