equipotential

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

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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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The potential is the same along each equipotential line, meaning that no work is required to move a charge anywhere along one of those lines.

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Arguing from experience, we come to the conclusion that each planet must also possess its electric field, which also must have its lines of force, its different potentials at different distances, and its equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George