equipotential

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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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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.

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

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

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It follows, therefore, that the number of equipotential surfaces per unit length can represent this limit, or rather the stress which leads to disruptive discharge.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various