equipotential
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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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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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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.
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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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When the lines of force and the equipotential surfaces are straight, parallel, and equidistant, we have a uniform field.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
