equipotential

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

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

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

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Arguing from experience, we come to the conclusion that each planet must also possess its electric field, which also must have its lines of force, its different potentials at different distances, and its equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George