equipotential
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The equipotential lines can be drawn by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines, if those are known.
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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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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.
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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.
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Let us assume the field divided up into tubes of electric force as already explained, and these cut normally by equipotential surfaces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
