equipotential

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

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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.

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

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It could equally be shown that there were equipotential surfaces so far as the phenomena of heat and light are concerned, as these also are subject to the same laws.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George