remoteness

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remote/rɪˈməʊt/

▶adjective (remoter, remotest)

• 1 far away in space or time.

  ■ situated far from the main centres of population.

• 2 having very little connection with.

  ■ distantly related.

• 3 (of a chance or possibility) unlikely to occur.

• 4 aloof and unfriendly in manner.

• 5 Computing denoting a device which can only be accessed by means of a network. Compare with local.

▶noun a remote control device.

– derivatives
remotely adverb,
remoteness noun.

– origin ME: from L. remotus, removere (see remove).