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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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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As the intensity of the electric force is greater nearer the sun than further away, these equipotential surfaces will be closer nearer the sun than further away.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George