Remote - Definition
remote
adj 1: located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote
stars" [syn: distant, remote]
2: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility";
"a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote]
3: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past
or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed]
4: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a),
remote]
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, remote] [ant: close]
n 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, remote]