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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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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

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

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As we proceed from the sun's surface east and west into space, we should pass equipotential surfaces of different potentials.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George