equipotential
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The equipotential lines can be drawn by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines, if those are known.
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Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.
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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.
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Hence the equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
