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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 Unpublished compositions often are given WoO numbers (Werk ohne Opuszahl, German for work without opus number).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:

Opus incertum

Opus testaceum (also called Opus latericium)

Opus caementicium

Opus reticulatum (also called Opus certum)

Opus siliceum

Opus quadratum

Opus vittatum

Opus mixtum

Opus spicatum

Opus alexandrinum

In fine art, Opus is the formal name or nickname of a work of art

Opus magnum and Magnum opus, refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer. Magnum is Latin for great.

Opus Dei (God's work) is a conservative Roman Catholic organization founded in 1928.

Opus the Penguin is a character in various comic strips by Berkeley Breathed.

Opus is a comic strip by Berkeley Breathed.

Opus is the name of an Australian magazine produced by NUSA.

Opus is an Austrian pop-rock group

Opus International Consultants - Highway Asset Development and Maintenance, Architecture, Structural Design, Infrastructure Development and Asset Management, Water Management and Environmental Planning.

Directory Opus is a file manager originally for the Amiga computer and now for Windows.

Opus is an ancient Greek city of Eastern Locris, on the coast of mainland Greece across from Euboea

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) created by Wynn Wagner

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