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Meaning of remote

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  remote
      adj 1: located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote
             stars" [syn: {distant}, {remote}]
      2: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility";
         "a remote contingency" [syn: {outside}, {remote}]
      3: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past
         or future" [syn: {distant}, {remote}, {removed}]
      4: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: {outback(a)},
         {remote}]
      5: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a
         distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness";
         "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
         [syn: {distant}, {remote}] [ant: {close}]
      n 1: a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus
           from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" [syn:
           {remote control}, {remote}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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