[n] a device used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"
[adj] inaccessible and sparsely populated
[adj] far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
[adj] far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
[adj] far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
[adj] very unlikely; "outside chance"; "remote possibility"