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Definition of: organum
(ôr′gə·nəm) noun plural ·na (-nə) or ·nums
1. An organon.
2. In medieval music, a part sung as an accompaniment to the melody or plain song at an interval of a fourth or a fifth above or below it; also, this method of part singing. [<L, ORGAN]
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