What is the meaning of remote?

noun

• A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance.
  • usage: "he lost the remote for his TV"
  • synonyms: remote control

adjective

• Located far away spatially.
  • usage: "distant lands"; "remote stars"
  • synonyms: distant
• Very unlikely.
  • usage: "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"
  • synonyms: outside
• Separate or apart in time.
  • usage: "distant events"; "the remote past or future"
  • synonyms: distant, removed
• Inaccessible and sparsely populated;.
  • synonyms: outback
• Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship .
  • usage: "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
  • synonyms: distant