equipotential

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

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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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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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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

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Hence the distances separating the equipotential surfaces are a measure of the electromotive force present.

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