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