solenoidal

Adjective

Meaning

Characteristic of a solenoid

(vector calculus) Describing a vector field having no divergence anywhere

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Here, the projections are accomplished by the orthogonality of the solenoidal and irrotational function spaces. Source: Internet

One important property of the B -field produced this way is that magnetic B -field lines neither start nor end (mathematically, B is a solenoidal vector field ); a field line either extends to infinity or wraps around to form a closed curve. Source: Internet

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