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Properties of Field Lines

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What is meant by "the electric lines of force contract longitudinally i.e., lengthwise"?

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Consider a configuration of two opposite charges as shown in the figure below:

The field lines originating from the positive charge are terminating at the negative charge and are contracted longitudinally.

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