<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.</li><li>out-of-the-way; secluded: a remote village; a remote mountaintop.</li><li>operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control: a remote camera.</li><li>not direct, primary, or proximate; not directly involved or influential: the remote causes of the war.</li><li>slight or faint; unlikely: The committee doesn't have the remotest idea of how to address the basic issue.</li><li>reserved and distant in manner; not warmly cordial; aloof.</li><li>distant in time: remote antiquity.</li><li>distant in relationship or connection: a remote ancestor.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.</li><li>remote control (def 2).</li></ul>