equipotential
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The equipotential lines can be drawn by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines, if those are known.
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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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Figure 19.16 The electric field and equipotential lines between two metal plates.
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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 William George Hooper