equipotential

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Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.

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

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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.

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

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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