equipotential
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Isolines in a region where an electric field exists represent lines of equal electric potential, referred to as equipotential lines.
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Figure 19.14 The electric field lines and equipotential lines for two equal but opposite charges.
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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 equipotential lines can be drawn by making them perpendicular to the electric field lines, if those are known.
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These equipotential lines may be delineated experimentally by attaching the terminals of a battery or batteries to small wires which touch at various places a sheet of tinfoil.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various