equipotential
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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.
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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.
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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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In the electrical analogue, the source and sink are respectively a point-charge and what is called the "electric image" of that charge with respect to the sphere, which is in this case an equipotential surface.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
