A vector field 
for which the curl vanishes,
See also
Beltrami Field, Conservative Field, Poincaré's Theorem, Solenoidal Field, Vector Field
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Irrotational Field." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/IrrotationalField.html