Definition of Remote control

1. Noun. A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance. "He lost the remote for his TV"

Exact synonyms: Remote
Generic synonyms: Device
Group relationships: Remote-control Bomb

Definition of Remote control

1. Noun. A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television) or mechanical toy from a short distance away. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remote Control

remorted
remortgage
remortgaged
remortgager
remortgagers
remortgages
remortgaging
remorting
remorts
remote
remote-access data processing
remote-control bomb
remote-controlled
remote access
remote consultation
remote control (current term)
remote controls
remote desktop
remote keyless entry
remote memory
remote method invocation
remote method invocations
remote procedure call
remote procedure calls
remote sensing
remote sensing scientist
remote sensing scientists
remote station
remote surgery
remote terminal

Literary usage of Remote control

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1911)
"Remote-Control Switchboards. — With alternators of several thousand kilowatts capacity, the switches become too heavy to be operated by hand. ..."

2. Hawkins Electrical Guide: Questions, Answers & Illustrations; a Progressive ...by Nehemiah Hawkins by Nehemiah Hawkins (1914)
"Diagrams showing connections for General Electric single, double, and triple pole, solenoid operated remote control switches. The operating coils are shown ..."

3. Switching Equipment for Power Control by Stephen Quentin Hayes (1921)
"... of copper busses and risers when the current involved exceeds certain amounts. remote control.—Manual remote-control switchboards are limited in their ..."

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