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equipotential

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


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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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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

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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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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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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




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