A short term for mathematics: Math is the science of structure, order, and relation that has evolved from counting, measuring, and describing the shapes of objects

Math deals with logical reasoning and quantitative calculation. Since the 17th century it has been an indispensable adjunct to the physical sciences and technology, to the extent that it is considered the underlying language of science.

Among the principal branches of math or mathematics are algebra, analysis, arithmetic, combinatorics (also called "combinatorial mathematics", a branch of mathematics concerned with the selection, arrangement, and combination of objects chosen from a finite set), Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, game theory, number theory, numerical analysis, optimization, probability, set theory, statistics, topology, and trigonometry.