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Equipotential surface - Definition and Overview

In fluid mechanics, equipotentials are lines or surfaces of equal head that are in direct relation to pressure. Streamlines are perpendicular to the equipotentials and are in the same direction that water is flowing.

See: potential flow, potential flow in two dimensions.

The term is also used in electrostatics.

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