equipotential

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

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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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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential 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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Suppose that we have any distribution of electricity at rest over conductors, and that we know the potential at all points and consequently the level or equipotential surfaces.

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