equipotential

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

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

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Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

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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