equipotential
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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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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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The same field could be maintained by placing conducting plates at the equipotential lines at the potentials shown.
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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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And just as the lines of flow of heat meet the spherical isothermal surface at right angles, so the lines of force in the electrical case meet the equipotential surface also at right angles.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
