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o·pus 
[oh-puhs] Pronunciation Key
[oh-puhs] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural o·pus·es or, esp. for 1, 2, o·pe·ra
[oh-per-uh, op-er-uh] Pronunciation Key.
[oh-per-uh, op-er-uh] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | a musical composition. |
| 2. | one of the compositions of a composer, usually numbered according to the order of publication. |
| 3. | a literary work or composition, as a book: Have you read her latest opus? Abbreviation: op. |
[Origin: 1695–1705; < L: work, labor, a work]
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| o·pus
(ō'pəs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. o·pe·ra (ō'pər-ə, ŏp'ər-ə) or o·pus·es A creative work, especially a musical composition numbered to designate the order of a composer's works. [Latin; see op- in Indo-European roots.] |
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1809, "a work, composition," esp. a musical one," from L. opus "a work, labor, exertion" (cf. It. opera, Fr. oeuvre, Sp. obra), from PIE base *op- (Gmc. *ob-) "to work, produce in abundance," originally of agriculture later extended to religious acts (cf. Skt. apas- "work, religious act;" Avestan hvapah- "good deed;" O.H.G. uoben "to start work, to practice, to honor;" Ger. üben "to exercise, practice;" Du. oefenen, O.N. æfa, Dan. øve "to exercise, practice;" O.E. æfnan "to perform, work, do," afol "power"). The plural, seldom used, is opera.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| opus | |
noun | |
| a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" [syn: musical composition] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
Opus project, product
A Honeywell operating system promised as a sop to customers after canning Multics in 1985. Opus was to provide everything Multics had and more, plus total compatibility with the Level 6/DPS6 operating system.
"Opus" was a code name, the system was officially named VS3 (short for HVS R3 or Honeywell Virtual System Release Three). It was to run on the DPS6-plus hardware known internally as the MRX and HRX, and be all things to all people.
The hardware was a dud (though it did run the native DPS6 software just fine), and the goal was, shall we say, ambitious. The effort was cancelled by Bull in 1987, in favor of another project going on in France.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.) Opus incertum. [L.] (Arch.) See under Incertum.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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