equipotential

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

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

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It could equally be shown that there were equipotential surfaces so far as the phenomena of heat and light are concerned, as these also are subject to the same laws.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George