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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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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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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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In the language of physics, the stratus forms an equipotential surface in the gravitational field permeating the earth's atmosphere.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
