equipotential
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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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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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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.
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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.
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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