Definition of remote

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Remote (superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.

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Distance :: Distance (v. t.) To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
Longinquity :: Longinquity (n.) Greatness of distance; remoteness.
Far-off :: Far-off (a.) Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv..
Outstreet :: Outstreet (n.) A street remote from the center of a town.
Line :: Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel..
Dependency :: Dependency (n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America..
Distal :: Distal (a.) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
Ladies'' Tresses :: Ladies' tresses () A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair..
Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation..
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Mystical :: Mystical (a.) Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Outskirt :: Outskirt (n.) A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town..
Distantly :: Distantly (adv.) At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites..
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal..
Possibly :: Possibly (adv.) In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover..
Nigh :: Nigh (prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.
Hoary :: Hoary (a.) remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity..
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
Nard :: Nard (n.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery..
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