equipotential

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

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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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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Let us assume the field divided up into tubes of electric force as already explained, and these cut normally by equipotential surfaces.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various