equipotential

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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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

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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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The potential is the same along each equipotential line, meaning that no work is required to move a charge anywhere along one of those lines.

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Let us assume the field divided up into tubes of electric force as already explained, and these cut normally by equipotential surfaces.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various