equipotential

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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.

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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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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg