equipotential

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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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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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

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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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So that Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have their electric fields, with their own lines of force, and with their equipotential surfaces.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George