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are (explicitly or implicitly) based on it.
- For example, mean sea level is commonly used as an absolute reference point to measure altitudes.
[`quantity point origin`, `point origin`](#point-origin){ #point-origin }
[`relative quantity point origin`, `relative point origin`](#relative-point-origin){ #relative-point-origin }
: - An explicit point on an axis of values of a specific [quantity](#quantity) type serving as a reference
for other [quantities](#quantity).
- It might be ether an [absolute point origin](#absolute-point-origin) or a compile-time known
[quantity point](#quantity-point).
: - An explicit, known at compile-time, point on an axis of values of a specific [quantity](#quantity)
type serving as a reference for other [quantities](#quantity).
- For example, an ice point is a quantity point with a value of `273.15 K` that is used as
the zero point of a degree Celsius scale.
[`quantity point origin`, `point origin`](#point-origin){ #point-origin }
: - Either an [absolute point origin](#absolute-point-origin) or
a [relative point origin](#relative-point-origin).
[`quantity point`, `absolute quantity`](#quantity-point){ #quantity-point }
: - An absolute [quantity](#quantity) with respect to an [origin](#point-origin).