equipotential

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No work is required to move a charge along an equipotential, since ΔV = 0 .

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Sketch the equipotential lines a long distance from the charges shown in Figure 19.34.

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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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An equipotential sphere is a circle in the two-dimensional view of Figure 19.12.

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As the intensity of the electric force is greater nearer the sun than further away, these equipotential surfaces will be closer nearer the sun than further away.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George