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

plural of remotion

At a distance; disconnected. / Distant or otherwise inaccessible. / (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight. / Emotionally detached.

Ellipsis of remote control. / (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

(computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.

The quality of being remote.

plural of remote

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remote

comparative form of remote: more remote

At a distance, far away. / Not much; scarcely; hardly.