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re⋅mote

[ri-moht] adjective, -mot⋅er, -mot⋅est, noun
–adjective
1. far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
2. out-of-the-way; secluded: a remote village; a remote mountaintop.
3. distant in time: remote antiquity.
4. distant in relationship or connection: a remote ancestor.
5. operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control: a remote telephone answering machine.
6. far off; abstracted; removed: principles remote from actions.
7. not direct, primary, or proximate; not directly involved or influential: the remote causes of the war.
8. slight or faint; unlikely: not the remotest idea; a remote chance.
9. reserved and distant in manner; aloof; not warmly cordial.
–noun
10. Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
11. remote control (def. 2).

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L remōtus, ptp. of removēre to move back; see remove, motion


re⋅mote⋅ly, adverb
re⋅mote⋅ness, noun


2. sequestered, isolated, removed, apart, solitary. 8. inconsiderable. 9. withdrawn.


1. close, near.

remote control

–noun
1. control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
2. Also called remote. a device used to control the operation of an apparatus or machine, as a television set, from a distance.

Origin:
1900–05


re⋅mote-con⋅trol, adjective
re·mote   (rĭ-mōt')   
adj.   re·mot·er, re·mot·est
    1. Located far away; distant in space.
    2. Hidden away; secluded: a remote hamlet.
  1. Distant in time: the remote past.
  2. Faint; slight: a remote possibility; had not the remotest interest.
  3. Far removed in connection or relevance: a cause remote from everyday concerns.
  4. Distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin.
  5. Distant in manner; aloof.
  6. Operating or controlled from a distance: remote sensors.
  7. Computer Science Located at a distance from another computer that is accessible by cables or other communications links: a remote terminal.
n.  
  1. A radio or television broadcast originating from a point outside a studio.
  2. A remote control device.

[Middle English, from Old French remot, from Latin remōtus, past participle of removēre, to remove; see remove.]
re·mote'ly adv., re·mote'ness n.

Remote

Re*mote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-?r); superl. Remotest.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]

1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

Places remote enough are in Bohemia. --Shak.

Remote from men, with God he passed his days. --Parnell.

2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason." --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies." --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n.
Language Translation for : remote
Spanish: remoto,
German: abgelegen,
Japanese: へんぴな

remote 
c.1420, from L. remotus "afar off, remote," pp. of removere "move back or away" (see remove). Remote control is recorded from 1904.

Main Entry: re·mote
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: re·mot·er; -est
1 a : far removed in space, time, or relation remote degree> b : exceeding the time allowed under the rule against perpetuities for the vesting of interests remote vesting —Estate of Grove, 70 California Appellate Reports 3d 355 (1977)>; also : being in violation of the rule against perpetuities remote contingent estate>
2 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance
3 a : not proximate or acting directly b : not arising from the effect of that which is proximate
4 : small in degree
remote possibility of paternity> —re·mote·ly adverbre·mote·ness noun
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