equipotential
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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.
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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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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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Let us assume the field divided up into tubes of electric force as already explained, and these cut normally by equipotential surfaces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various