equipotential

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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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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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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