equipotential

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It is important to note that equipotential lines are always perpendicular to electric field lines.

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

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Sketch the equipotential lines in the vicinity of two opposite charges, where the negative charge is three times as great in magnitude as the positive.

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

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When the lines of force and the equipotential surfaces are straight, parallel, and equidistant, we have a uniform field.

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