equipotential

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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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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Arguing from experience, we come to the conclusion that each planet must also possess its electric field, which also must have its lines of force, its different potentials at different distances, and its equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George