Definitions of remote:

• noun:   a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

  Example: "He lost the remote for his TV"

• adjective:   far apart in nature

  Example: "Considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

• adjective:   very unlikely

  Example: "A remote possibility"

• adjective:   far distant in space

  Example: "Remote stars"

• adjective:   far distant in time

  Example: "The remote past or future"

• adjective:   inaccessible and sparsely populated