remote

About 20.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective At a distance; disconnected.

   A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.

2. adjective Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

   After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.

3. adjective Slight.

   There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.

4. adjective Emotionally detached.

   After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

5. noun Ellipsis of remote control.

   I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.

6. noun An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
7. noun A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
8. verb To connect to a computer from a remote location.

Similar words

distant far outside removed unlikely inaccessible unaccessible backwoods outback remote control

Often followed by

from sensing and control areas access parts past period

Word family

remote control remoteness remotenesses remoter remotes remotest