equipotential
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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.
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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.
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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.
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When the lines of force and the equipotential surfaces are straight, parallel, and equidistant, we have a uniform field.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
