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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Figure 19.14 shows the electric field and equipotential lines for two equal and opposite charges.
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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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It can be easily seen that these electric rays cut the equipotential surfaces at right angles, as they pass from the centre of the sun outwards into space.
From Aether and Gravitation by William George Hooper
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