equipotential
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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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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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The same field could be maintained by placing conducting plates at the equipotential lines at the potentials shown.
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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
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