Electric potential energy definition doubt?

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Hardik Batra
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Electric potential energy of a charge q at a point in an electric field due to any charge configuration as the work done by the external force in bringing the charge q from infinity to that point without any acceleration..


In this definition, why charge is moved without any acceleration?
 
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