Erect comes from the Latin word erectus, meaning  âupright, elevated, loftyâ or âeager, alert, aroused.â Erect is a verb, as in, it will take you years to erect your replica of the Eiffel Tower using only gum and toothpicks. Erect is also an adjective, as in something that is tall, firm, straight or rigid, like a half-dead plant that becomes more erect when you water it.
mathematical - characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics; mathematical precision. math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
Math uses formal proof and definitions, which is entirely different. No, math is not a science. Math is actually more a language than anything else: a completely formalized quantitative language with rigorous dynamics. Science is a method more than anything else, and it is a method not used in mathematics.