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noun a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
adjective located far away spatially
adjective very unlikely
originFrom Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
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