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Opus is a Latin word for work. The plural of opus is opera. It is used in many fields, notably in architecture and in music.

  • In music, pieces of music by composers are given opus numbers, which generally run in order of publication. Unpublished compositions often are given WoO numbers (Werk ohne Opuszahl, German for work without opus number).
  • In architecture, it specifically describes a technique or a method or a style of connecting building elements, following the studies on Roman architecture. Roman building styles are commonly classified as:
  • In fine art, Opus is the formal name or nickname of a work of art
    • Magnum opus (or Opus magnum) refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer. Magnum is Latin for great

[edit] Other uses

  • Opus (band) is an Austrian pop-rock group
  • Opus (comic strip) is a comic strip by Berkeley Breathed starring Opus the Penguin
  • Opus (magazine) is the name of an Australian magazine produced by Newcastle University Students' Association
  • Opus (microkernel) was a microkernel developed at Apple and later Taligent as the base for the Pink operating system
  • Opus bus is a model made by the Optima Bus Corporation
  • Opus Dei (God's work) is a conservative Roman Catholic organization founded in 1928
  • Opus, Greece is an ancient Greek city of Eastern Locris, on the coast of mainland Greece across from Euboea
  • Opus International Group PLC is the corporate holding company for several companies operating under the "Opus" brand name in several countries
  • Opus Pistorum is a novel by Henry Miller
  • Opus Pro and Opus Presenter are two programs made by Digital Workshop
  • Opus-CBCS is a Bulletin Board (Computer Based Conversation System)

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