equipotential

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

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

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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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

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These equipotential lines may be delineated experimentally by attaching the terminals of a battery or batteries to small wires which touch at various places a sheet of tinfoil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various