equipotential
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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.
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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .
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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.
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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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In the language of physics, the stratus forms an equipotential surface in the gravitational field permeating the earth's atmosphere.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst