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equipotential

[ee-kwuh-puh-ten-shuhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwə pəˈtɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- /


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Given the electric field lines, the equipotential lines can be drawn simply by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

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

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In the language of physics, the stratus forms an equipotential surface in the gravitational field permeating the earth's atmosphere.

From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs


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