Hypertext Webster Gateway: "opus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Opus \O"pus\, n.; pl. {Opera}. [L. See {Opera}.]
A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.
Note: Each composition, or set of pieces, as the composer may
choose, is called an opus, and they are numbered in the
order of their issue. (Often abbrev. to op.)
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
opus
n : a musical work that has been created; "the composition is
written in four movements" [syn: {musical composition}, {composition},
{piece}, {piece of music}]
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