Definitions
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- adjective Relative to an observer; that is,
relative to a point on the surface of the Earth; said of a frame of reference, of a coordinate system, or the like, or of motion or position within such.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek τόπος (topos, "place") + -centric.
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Examples
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Earth-Fixed (ECEF) and topocentric coordinates provide scalable visualization without distortion through the use of the Geographic Calculator.
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