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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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.
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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.
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When the lines of force and the equipotential surfaces are straight, parallel, and equidistant, we have a uniform field.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
