equipotential

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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

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

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

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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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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