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English Dictionary: remote	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for remote
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remote adj located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars" Synonym(s): distant, remote very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" Synonym(s): outside, remote separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" Synonym(s): distant, remote, removed inaccessible and sparsely populated; Synonym(s): outback(a), remote far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" Synonym(s): distant, remote Antonym(s): close n a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" Synonym(s): remote control, remote
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remote \Remote"\ (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. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. --Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. --Parnell. 2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. [bd]All these propositions, how remote soever from reason.[b8] --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. [bd]Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies.[b8] --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. [bd]From the effect to the remotest cause.[b8] --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. 3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- {Remote"ly}, adv. -- {Remote"ness}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Remote, OR Zip code(s): 97468