equipotential

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

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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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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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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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We have to remember that A A', B B', are sections of a sphere, so that when the body as E is a sphere, then the equipotential surfaces are spheres also.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George