Definition of remote

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Remote (superl.) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance..

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Near :: Near (adv.) Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh..
Furthermost :: Furthermost (a.) Most remote; furthest.
Modulation :: Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations..
Farther :: Farther (adv.) At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther..
Preremote :: Preremote (a.) More remote in previous time or prior order.
Distal :: Distal (a.) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle.
Upcountry :: Upcountry (a.) Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence..
Removed :: Removed (a.) Distant in location; remote.
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses..
Zeugma :: Zeugma (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, hic illius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma..
Hint :: Hint (n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive..
Remote :: Remote (superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.
Farsighted :: Farsighted (a.) Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious..
Foreign :: Foreign (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature..
Postremote :: Postremote (a.) More remote in subsequent time or order.
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Outskirt :: Outskirt (n.) A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town..
Supercrescence :: Superconsequence (n.) Remote consequence.
Descendant :: Descendant (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant..
Macrosporangium :: Macrosporangium (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns..
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