equipotential

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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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It follows, therefore, that the number of equipotential surfaces per unit length can represent this limit, or rather the stress which leads to disruptive discharge.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various