equipotential

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

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

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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 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 potential of such a shell at any internal point is constant, and the equipotential surfaces for external space are ellipsoids confocal with the ellipsoidal shell.

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