(superl.) Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
(superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
(superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
(superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
(superl.) Separate; abstracted.
(superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
(superl.) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
(superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tony Abbott has refused to concede that saying Aboriginal people who live in remote communities have made a “lifestyle choice” was a poor choice of words as the father of reconciliation issued a public plea to rebuild relations with Indigenous people.
(2) Because such a possibility seems so remote as to be comic.
(3) They have not remotely done this so far, largely from fear of domestic political consequences that cannot be simply dismissed.
(4) Regions of interest representing the angioma, perifocal and remote tissues, contralateral mirror regions, and standard brain regions were analyzed.
(5) These preliminary results suggest that finger stick blood samples, collected on filter paper, could be used for FTA-ABS testing of remote rural populations--such as in areas where yaws is endemic.
(6) In remote terms (after four months) further improvement of visual functions was recorded, visual acuity increased by 0.3-0.6 in 8 of 15 patients.
(7) All this has been going on while 150 remote communities in Western Australia face the possibility of closure, thanks to Tony Abbott’s “lifestyle choices” mentality.
(8) It's not a great stretch to see parallels between the movie's set-up and the film industry in 2012: disposable teens are manipulated into behaving in certain ways, before being degraded and dispatched, all the while being remotely observed by middle-aged men, gambling on their fates.
(9) Clinical assessment does not accurately assess the 'remote' neuromuscular effects of cancer on the motor unit.
(10) Patients were divided into two groups on the basis of the absence (Group I) or presence (Group II) of obstructive disease in a major coronary artery supplying myocardium remote from the prior myocardial infarction.
(11) Cancer can produce a variety of effects on the nervous system either by direct compression or invasion, or remotely by some as yet unknown metabolic, toxic, viral or immunologic effect on the nervous system.
(12) The procedure consists of a Kirschner wire used as the means of traction on the remaining soft tissue of the lower lip, using the upper teeth or pyriform aperture bone as remote fixed points for tissue traction.
(13) In the present study, an attempt was made to isolate and identify pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites from the housefly Musca domestica collected in the surgical ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and also in a remote residential area located 5 km from the hospital.
(14) In three patients false-positive uptake of the radiotracer was observed; two had benign disease and one had a malignant tumour remote from the scan abnormality.
(15) However, we believe these alternative possibilities to be remote.
(16) There was essentially complete correlation between HI, N, and either IgM (indicating recent infections) or IgG (indicating more remote infections) antibody.
(17) The detection of the organism at this site remote from the gastroduodenal environment suggests the organism may be transmitted by the orofaecal route.
(18) Consistent with our anatomical findings, unilateral microinfusion of kainic acid in or near the pedunculopontine nucleus increased the firing rate of dopaminergic neurons situated remotely in the ipsilateral substantia nigra.
(19) In conclusion, management of unexpected SDT during OPU include the following therapeutic goals: (1) complete eradication of the tumor to eliminate the remote possibility of malignancy and recurrence; (2) performance of adequate peritoneal lavage to prevent chemical peritonitis; (3) conservation of the maximum amount of functional ovarian tissue; and (4) exclusion of the possibility of dermoid cyst in the contralateral ovary.
(20) Little evidence was found for projections from other, more remote, brain sites.
Wireless
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The two companies have pooled their software development resources to create MeeGo, a free software platform which they reckon will pave the way for the next generation of wireless communications devices.
(2) I was born into a Britain where the majority of the population didn't have a telephone, the wireless or indoor plumbing.
(3) Among the finance directors on it were: Ken Hanna of Cadbury Schweppes, which was locked in a battle at the European court over its use of a Dublin subsidiary; Richard Lapthorne of Cable & Wireless; and AstraZeneca's Jon Symonds, embroiled in a multibillion pound "transfer pricing" dispute.
(4) Essentially, Sonos hooks into your broadband connection, looks for music on any network-connected storage (including computers you nominate) and then makes those files available via its own wireless network of "ZonePlayers", which are either amplifiers (the ZP100) or have a line-out you can hook up to a hi-fi (the ZP80).
(5) The excellent strategic fit and complementariness of the Wireless business to News Corp’s operations will provide great opportunities for Wireless’ management, employees and talent,” said Richard Huntingford, executive chairman of Wireless Group.
(6) A spokesman said the decision to exit California was not linked to last year's sale of Vodafone's 45% in America's largest mobile phone network, Verizon Wireless , which was the British firm's only stake in an operating company on the American continent.
(7) Android devices will also be able to "mirror" themselves wirelessly on a Chromecast-equipped television, much as iOS devices can do with Apple's AirPlay technology.
(8) 1933 Comet Battery store is founded by George Hollingbery in Hull, Yorkshire, employing two people who charge batteries for customers' wireless sets.
(9) The chip is powered wirelessly from a battery the patient wears in their pocket, so none of the equipment is clearly visible.
(10) The iPad is the first mass-market mobile device to use micro-Sim cards, which are smaller than the current range of Sim cards and were designed for small consumer gadgets such as Birmingham-based Lok8u's range of wireless-enabled wrist watches.
(11) 9 The first smartphone was IBM's Simon , which debuted at the Wireless World Conference in 1993.
(12) Another risk is to Wi-Fi internet access and other communications because higher temperatures can reduce the range of wireless communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and underground cables.
(13) The wireless LANs that use infrared and radio frequencies are new but promising.
(14) The cameras, some of which are operated completely wirelessly, can easily be moved from court to court.
(15) If the products are as reliable as they are affordable, this British brand could find itself plugging a gap in the audio market that has puzzled consumers ever since other forms of wireless tech went mainstream years ago.
(16) The FCC must act to create strong, enforceable net neutrality rules and apply them equally to both wireless and wireline providers.” But the association stopped short of calling for the internet to be regulated as a utility, a proposal that would give the FCC far greater powers, and which the cable companies are lobbying against fiercely.
(17) The company also asked the government how serious it is about wireless charging roads which could top up an electric car without the need to plug in, as mooted by Conservative MP Oliver Letwin.
(18) "With the ability to print travel tickets, e-coupons for discounts, and even your Facebook gallery, all can be done wirelessly via smartphones and tablets if your printer has this facility."
(19) Read more stories like this: • Using mobile money to buy water and solar power in east Africa • Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless and the making of Africa’s first cashless society • Interactive map: which country has the fewest ATMs?
(20) Fitbit was founded in 2007 in California by two men embracing new wireless technology to create something new in the health and fitness industry.