equipotential
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Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.
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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .
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The term equipotential is also used as a noun, referring to an equipotential line or surface.
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We may describe, through all the points in an electric field which have the same potential, surfaces called equipotential surfaces, and these will be everywhere perpendicular or orthogonal to the lines of electric force.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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