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REMOTE CONTROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does remote control mean?
• REMOTE CONTROL (noun)
The noun REMOTE CONTROL has 1 sense:
1. a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
Familiarity information: REMOTE CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
remote; remote control
Context example:
he lost the remote for his TV
Hypernyms ("remote control" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Holonyms ("remote control" is a part of...):
remote-control bomb (a bomb that can be detonated by remote control)
Context examples
A device designed to give physical feedback in a remote control system.
(Haptic Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
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