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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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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Figure 19.14 shows the electric field and equipotential lines for two equal and opposite charges.
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And just as the lines of flow of heat meet the spherical isothermal surface at right angles, so the lines of force in the electrical case meet the equipotential surface also at right angles.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
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