La pluridimensionnalité du concept. Approche terminologique du domaine de la spatiologie

Abstract

After analyzing several terms related to space science, in languages as different as French and English on one hand and Arabic on the other hand, we intend to demonstrate the importance of the concept's multidimensionality in the organization of knowledge and the classification of objects. This will lead us to the conclusion that the structure of a field, the elaboration of its tree diagram and mostly the formulation of a definition depend mainly on the characteristics taken into account in the apprehension of concepts, and therefore on the “dimension” of the concept.