equipotential

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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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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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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.

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Hence the distances separating the equipotential surfaces are a measure of the electromotive force present.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various