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For a dimension 2 vector field $V=(A,B)$: $$ {\rm rot}(A,B) = B_x - A_y.$$ where $B_x, A_y$ are the partial derivatives of the component functions.
The rotation assign to a vector field a certain scalar function.
Compare to divergence in dimension 3.