equipotential

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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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

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Let S represent the sun, and the circle round it represent the equipotential spheres which exist round the sun.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George