equipotential
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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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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.
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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.
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It can be easily seen that these electric rays cut the equipotential surfaces at right angles, as they pass from the centre of the sun outwards into space.
From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George
