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equipotential

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


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

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

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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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