Voltage is electric field times distance

Conditions:

  1. The electric field is constant between the two points. This might be achieved by choosing a small enough distance between the points.

Links:

  1. Physics LibreTexts, formula 7.3.26.

voltage

voltage between two points.

Symbol:

V

Latex:

\(V\)

Dimension:

voltage

electric_field_strength

electric_field_strength.

Symbol:

E

Latex:

\(E\)

Dimension:

voltage/length

distance

euclidean_distance between two points.

Symbol:

d

Latex:

\(d\)

Dimension:

length

law

V = E * d

Latex:
\[V = E d\]