equipotential

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Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.

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Isolines in a region where an electric field exists represent lines of equal electric potential, referred to as equipotential lines.

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Take any equipotential surface enclosing the whole of the electricity, and suppose this to become an actual sheet of metal connected to the earth.

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