equipotential

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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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In other words, motion along an equipotential is perpendicular to E .

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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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Since the electric field lines point radially away from the charge, they are perpendicular to the equipotential lines.

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Hence the distances separating the equipotential surfaces are a measure of the electromotive force present.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various