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equipotential

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


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Figure 19.16 The electric field and equipotential lines between two metal plates.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

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.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 19.14 The electric field lines and equipotential lines for two equal but opposite charges.

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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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It could equally be shown that there were equipotential surfaces so far as the phenomena of heat and light are concerned, as these also are subject to the same laws.

From Aether and Gravitation by William George Hooper


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