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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If the plates are held at a fixed potential difference ΔV, draw the equipotential lines for this system.

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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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It can be easily seen that these electric rays cut the equipotential surfaces at right angles, as they pass from the centre of the sun outwards into space.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George