equipotential

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

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

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

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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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We may describe, through all the points in an electric field which have the same potential, surfaces called equipotential surfaces, and these will be everywhere perpendicular or orthogonal to the lines of electric force.

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