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equipotential

[ee-kwuh-puh-ten-shuhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwə pəˈtɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- /


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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 19.14 shows the electric field and equipotential lines for two equal and opposite charges.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

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

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

So that Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have their electric fields, with their own lines of force, and with their equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by William George Hooper


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