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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
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remote control  
n.  
  1. The control of an activity, process, or machine from a distance, as by radioed instructions or coded signals.

  2. A device used to control an apparatus or machine from a distance.

re·mote'-con·trol' (rĭ-mōt'kən-trōl'), re·mote'-con·trolled' (-trōld') adj.
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