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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Isolines in a region where an electric field exists represent lines of equal electric potential, referred to as equipotential 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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As the intensity of the electric force is greater nearer the sun than further away, these equipotential surfaces will be closer nearer the sun than further away.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George