equipotential

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

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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

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

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It follows, therefore, that the number of equipotential surfaces per unit length can represent this limit, or rather the stress which leads to disruptive discharge.

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