equipotential

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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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

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Figure 19.12 An isolated point charge Q with its electric field lines in blue and equipotential lines in green.

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And just as the lines of flow of heat meet the spherical isothermal surface at right angles, so the lines of force in the electrical case meet the equipotential surface also at right angles.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew