equipotential

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

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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .

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Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

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It can be easily seen that these electric rays cut the equipotential surfaces at right angles, as they pass from the centre of the sun outwards into space.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George