equipotential
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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.
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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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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.
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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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It can be easily seen that these electric rays cut the equipotential surfaces at right angles, as they pass from the centre of the sun outwards into space.
From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George