Electric Field Lines
Electric Field Lines
Electric field lines are a pictorial way of representing electric field around a configuration of charges .
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An electric field line is a curve drawn in such a way that the tangent to it at each point is in direction of the net field at that point .
Electric field is inversely proportional to the square of the distance ; hence electric field near the charge is high and keeps on decreasing as we go farther from the charge . The electric field lines , however , remain constant but are very far apart ( at higher distances ) as compared to lesser distance .