Found 3 items, similar to remote.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: remote jauh, terpencil
English → English (WordNet) Definition: remote remote n : 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 adj 1: far distant in space; “distant lands”; “remote stars”; “a remote outpost of civilization”; “a hideaway far removed from towns and cities” [syn: distant, removed] 2: very unlikely; “an outside chance”; “a remote possibility”; “a remote contingency” [syn: outside] 3: far distant in time; “distant events”; “the remote past or future”; “a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times” [syn: distant, removed] 4: inaccessible and sparsely populated [syn: backwoods(a), outback(a)] 5: far apart in nature; “considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics” [syn: removed(p)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Remote Remote \Re*mote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-?r); superl. Remotest.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.] 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. [1913 Webster] Places remote enough are in Bohemia. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Remote from men, with God he passed his days. --Parnell. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. “All these propositions, how remote soever from reason.” --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. “Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies.” --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. “From the effect to the remotest cause.” --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. [1913 Webster] -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n. [1913 Webster]