control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
2.
Also called remote. a device used to control the operation of an apparatus or machine, as a television set, from a distance.
Origin
1900-05
Related forms
remote-control, adjective
Examples from the web for remote control
The simulator involves a headset an integrated video monitor and a remote control of the sort used to manipulate the machinery.
Then he walked away and detonated the car by remote control.
Most video senders also let you control the video source from the remote location with a regular remote control.
Seems over priced for what amounts to a stick from a mop, a remote control car, a processor and battery-operated wifi webcam.
The new sarcophagus, to be moved into place on rails by remote control.
The plant was a remote unattended pumped storage plant, which means it was run by remote control from another station.
Robots that help to detect and defuse mines are already doing service, although these are operated by remote control.
It has also devised a remote control that allows people who have never used keyboards to surf the web.
The first version operates mostly under remote control, rather than being a true, autonomous robot.
Many more options are available on demand with a few clicks of the remote control.
British Dictionary definitions for remote control
remote control
noun
1.
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.
Also: remote. a hand-held device that enables remote control of a system or appliance