Remote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Located far away; distant in space.
  • adj. Hidden away; secluded: a remote hamlet.
  • adj. Distant in time: the remote past.
  • adj. Faint; slight: a remote possibility; had not the remotest interest.
  • adj. Far removed in connection or relevance: a cause remote from everyday concerns.
  • adj. Distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin.
  • adj. Distant in manner; aloof.
  • adj. Operating or controlled from a distance: remote sensors.
  • adj. Computer Science Located at a distance from another computer that is accessible by cables or other communications links: a remote terminal.
  • n. A radio or television broadcast originating from a point outside a studio.
  • n. A remote control device.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. At a distance; disconnected.
  • adj. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
  • adj. Unlikely.
  • adj. Emotionally detached.
  • n. Short for remote control.
  • n. An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
  • v. To connect to a computer from a remote location.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place
  • adj. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
  • adj. Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
  • adj. Not nearly related; not close.
  • adj. Separate; abstracted.
  • adj. Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
  • adj. Not obvious or sriking.
  • adj. Separated by intervals greater than usual.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Distant in place; not near; far removed: as, a remote country; a remote people.
  • Distant or far away, in any sense.
  • Mediate; by intervention of something else; not proximate.
  • Alien; foreign; not agreeing: as, a proposition remote from reason.
  • Separated; abstracted.
  • Distant in consanguinity or affinity: as, a remote kinsman.
  • Slight; inconsiderable; not closely connected; having slight relation: as, a remote analogy between cases; a remote resemblance in form or color; specifically, in the law of evidence, having too slight a bearing upon the question in controversy to afford any ground for inference.
  • In music, having but slight relation. See relation, 8.
  • In zoology and botany, distant from one another; few or sparse, as spots on a surface, etc.
  • In logic:
  • The terms of a syllogism, as contradistinguished from the propositions, which latter are the immediate matter.
  • Terms of a proposition which are of such a nature that it is impossible that one should be true of the other.
  • Specifically in mycology, separated by a space, as the gills of certain fungi which do not extend quite to the stem.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
  • adj. located far away spatially
  • adj. inaccessible and sparsely populated
  • adj. separate or apart in time
  • adj. very unlikely
  • adj. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
  • Equivalent
    far    inaccessible    unaccessible    unlikely    loosely knit    removed    faraway    ulterior   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    device   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distant    alien    foreign    separate    abstracted    primary    unrelated    secluded    small    clicker   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Capote    Choate    Vote    afloat    bloat    boat    capote    choate    coat    connote   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    distant    new    mysterious    separate    unknown    dangerous