equipotential
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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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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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Figure 19.14 shows the electric field and equipotential lines for two equal and opposite charges.
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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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We may describe, through all the points in an electric field which have the same potential, surfaces called equipotential surfaces, and these will be everywhere perpendicular or orthogonal to the lines of electric force.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
