equipotential

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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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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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As the intensity of the electric force is greater nearer the sun than further away, these equipotential surfaces will be closer nearer the sun than further away.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George