equipotential
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Figure 19.14 shows the electric field and equipotential lines for two equal and opposite charges.
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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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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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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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We may describe, through all the points in an electric field which have the same potential, surfaces called equipotential surfaces, and these will be everywhere perpendicular or orthogonal to the lines of electric force.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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