equipotential

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

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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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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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

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It could equally be shown that there were equipotential surfaces so far as the phenomena of heat and light are concerned, as these also are subject to the same laws.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George