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equipotential

[ee-kwuh-puh-ten-shuhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwə pəˈtɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- /


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Figure 19.16 The electric field and equipotential lines between two metal plates.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

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.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.

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

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So that Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have their electric fields, with their own lines of force, and with their equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by William George Hooper




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