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Definitions by Valentin Aerospace

Navicentric 

Centered around a vessel or using that vessel as a point of reference.
He used a navicentric model to demonstrate the different points of sail on a sailing ship.

Ventocentric 

Centering around the wind or using the direction of the wind as a point of reference.
He used a ventocentric model to demonstrate the different points of sail on a sailing ship.