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

plural of remotion

(programming) Offering support for remoting.

(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

(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.

(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

(computing) A real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored computer's user, with or without shared mouse and keyboard interaction). Also, a specific program that accomplishes that mirroring.

(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.