equipotential

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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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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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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.

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Work is needed to move a charge from one equipotential line to another.

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It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg