equipotential
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Given the electric field lines, the equipotential lines can be drawn simply by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines.
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The same field could be maintained by placing conducting plates at the equipotential lines at the potentials shown.
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Figure 19.14 shows the electric field and equipotential lines for two equal and opposite charges.
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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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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
