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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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.

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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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As the intensity of the electric force is greater nearer the sun than further away, these equipotential surfaces will be closer nearer the sun than further away.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George