equipotential
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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.
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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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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
