equipotential
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Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.
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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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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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Hence the distances separating the equipotential surfaces are a measure of the electromotive force present.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
