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re·mote  (r-mt)
adj. re·mot·er, re·mot·est
1.
a. Located far away; distant in space.
b. Hidden away; secluded: a remote hamlet.
2. Distant in time: the remote past.
3. Faint; slight: a remote possibility; had not the remotest interest.
4. Far removed in connection or relevance: a cause remote from everyday concerns.
5. Distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin.
6. Distant in manner; aloof.
7. Operating or controlled from a distance: remote sensors.
8. 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 remtus, past participle of removre, to remove; see remove.]

re·motely adv.
re·moteness n.

remote [rɪˈməʊt]
adj
1. located far away; distant
2. far from any centre of population, society, or civilization; out-of-the-way
3. distant in time
4. distantly related or connected a remote cousin
5. removed, as from the source or point of action
6. slight or faint (esp in the phrases not the remotest idea, a remote chance)
7. (of a person's manner) aloof or abstracted
8. operated from a distance; remote-controlled a remote monitor
[from Latin remōtus far removed, from removēre, from re- + movēre to move]
remotely  adv
remoteness  n

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