equipotential

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

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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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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.

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We may describe, through all the points in an electric field which have the same potential, surfaces called equipotential surfaces, and these will be everywhere perpendicular or orthogonal to the lines of electric force.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various