- Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; --
said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. - Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being
related; -- in various figurative uses. - Not agreeing; alien; foreign. - Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection
or consanguinity. - Separate; abstracted. - Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. - Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. - Separated by intervals greater than usual.
Meaning of 'remote' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . remote
[ n]
Meaning (1): - a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
Example in sentence:
he lost the remote for his TV
2 . remote
[ a]
Meaning (2): - far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
Example in sentence:
a distant cousin;
a distant likeness;
a remote relative;
considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics
Remote managers Remote managers is a manager who supervises employees who perform their work at a site other then the employer’s premises.
Remote start Remote start is a feature of a vehicles electronic key fob that controls the vehicles ignition.
Remote trunk release Remote trunk release is the control of a vehicles power-activated release using a button on an electronic key fob or smart key.
Remote window operation Remote window operation is the control of a vehicles power window system by one or more buttons on an electronic key fob or smart key.
Audio remote control Audio remote control is a wireless device that uses infrared or radio waves to control a vehicles sound system.
Anti-theft remote control Anti-theft remote control is an electronic device that unlocks a vehicles doors and, in some cases, opens its trunk, rolls down its windows and
Remote Access Service (RAS) Remote Access Service (RAS) available in Windows NT to allow dial-in connections to the network.
Remote routing and access server (RRAS) Remote routing and access server (RRAS) is a software component bundled in Windows 2000 that combines RAS and Multi-Protocol
Remote Environment The Remote Environment comprises factors that originate beyond, and usually irrespective of, any single firm's operating situation