Equipotential surfaces are surfaces of constant scalar potential. They are used to visualize an (n)-dimensional scalar potential function in (n-1) dimensional space. The gradient of the potential, denoting the direction of greatest increase, is perpendicular to the surface.

The term is used in electrostatics, fluid mechanics, and geodesy.

[edit] See also

• potential flow

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