equipotential

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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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Isolines in a region where an electric field exists represent lines of equal electric potential, referred to as equipotential lines.

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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.

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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

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Each ring represents an equipotential line in the field of diffusion.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane