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

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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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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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So that Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have their electric fields, with their own lines of force, and with their equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George