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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" [syn: remote control, remote]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1904 1. control (as by radio signal) of operation from a point at some distance removed 2. a device or mechanism for controlling something from a distance

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(remote controls) 1. Remote control is a system of controlling a machine or a vehicle from a distance by using radio or electronic signals. The bomb was detonated by remote control. 2. The remote control for a television or video recorder is the device that you use to control the machine from a distance, by pressing the buttons on it. N-COUNT