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remoter

Variant of remote

adjective remoter, remotest

  1. distant in space; far off; far away
  2. far off and hidden away; secluded
  3. far off in (past or future) time: a remote ancestor
  4. distant in connection, relation, bearing, or the like: a question remote from the subject
  5. distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin
  6. distant in human relations; aloof: remote and cold in his manner
  7. slight; faint: a remote chance
  8. not immediate or primary; far removed in influence: the remote causes
  9. Comput. of or by means of a terminal, etc. located some distance away from the computer and therefore requiring a communication line

noun

  1. Radio, TV a usually live broadcast originating outside a studio
  2. remote control (sense )

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