remote controln.1. The control of an activity, process, or machine from a distance, as by radioed instructions or coded signals.2. A device used to control an apparatus or machine from a distance.re·mote?-con·trol?, re·mote?-con·trolled? (-tr?ld?) adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.remote control n 1. (Electrical Engineering) control of a system or activity by a person at a different place, usually by means of radio or ultrasonic signals or by electrical signals transmitted by wire 2. (Electrical Engineering) Also: remote a hand-held device that enables remote control of a system or appliance re?mote-con?trolled adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014remote? control? n. 1. control of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals. 2. a device used to control the operation of an apparatus or machine, as a television set, from a distance. [1900?05] remote?-control?, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.remote control – The term existed by 1904, and the shortened version, remote, was used in print by 1966.See also related terms for remote.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.