equipotential

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

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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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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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Force is in the same direction as E , so that motion along an equipotential must be perpendicular to E .

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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