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equipotential

[ee-kwuh-puh-ten-shuhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwə pəˈtɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- /


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

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

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The same field could be maintained by placing conducting plates at the equipotential lines at the potentials shown.

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Then the charge at A together with the induced surface charge on the plate makes a certain field of electric force on the left of the plate PO, which is a zero equipotential surface.

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




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