equipotential
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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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Isolines in a region where an electric field exists represent lines of equal electric potential, referred to as equipotential lines.
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Figure 19.14 The electric field lines and equipotential lines for two equal but opposite charges.
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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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Then the charge at A together with the induced surface charge on the plate makes a certain field of electric force on the left of the plate PO, which is a zero equipotential surface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
