equipotential
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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.
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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .
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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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These are called equipotential lines in two dimensions, or equipotential surfaces in three dimensions.
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It can be easily seen that these electric rays cut the equipotential surfaces at right angles, as they pass from the centre of the sun outwards into space.
From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.