equipotential

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Hence the equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various