(zoology, chiefly entomology) Backward motion. (Contrast promotion.) / (especially logic, largely obsolete) Removal.

plural of remotion

(computing, programming) A technology that allows a program to interact with the internals of another program running on a different machine.

present participle of remote

(programming) Offering support for remoting.

(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away. / (uncountable) A means of operating a device from a distance.

(sciences) The capability to gain information about an object without coming in direct contact with it, for example via satellite imaging or thermal imaging. / (parapsychology) Remote viewing.

(telecommunications) A communication with a data processing facility from a remote location or facility through a data link.

(linguistics) The part of Oceania comprising Polynesia, Micronesia and island Melanesia southeast of the Solomon Islands, including islands such as Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

Operated by remote control