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equipotential

[ee-kwuh-puh-ten-shuhl, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwə pəˈtɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- /


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This implies that a conductor is an equipotential surface in static situations.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Because a conductor is an equipotential, it can replace any equipotential surface.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

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

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

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

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

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




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