equipotential

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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.

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  1. adjective Having equal potential.
  2. adjective Physics Having the same electric potential at every point.

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  1. from L, æquus, equal, + potentia, power: see potential.
 

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/ikwɪpəˈtɛnʃəl/
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