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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·mote       [ri-moht] Pronunciation Key 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 removére 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 withdrawn.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.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
re·mote       (rĭ-mōt')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
remote 
c.1420, from L. remotus "afar off, remote," pp. of removere "move back or away" (see remove). Remote control is recorded from 1904.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
remote

adjective
1. located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars" [syn: distant
2. very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" [syn: outside
3. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" [syn: distant
4. inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback
5. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" [syn: distant] [ant: close

noun
1. a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" [syn: remote control

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
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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Remote, OR Zip code(s): 97468

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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