equipotential

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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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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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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 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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Suppose that we have any distribution of electricity at rest over conductors, and that we know the potential at all points and consequently the level or equipotential surfaces.

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