remote control
- control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
- Also called remote. a device used to control the operation of an apparatus or machine, as a television set, from a distance.
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Origin of remote control
First recorded in 1900–05
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Examples from the Web for remote control
Contemporary Examples
Long story short: if you can operate a remote-control car, you can operate a drone.
By 1989, the East Germans had removed their mines and remote-control machine guns.
Historical Examples
At first I thought he was just a remote-control tool, but I finally saw that he was a real, honest-to-goodness robot.
Unwise ChildGordon Randall Garrett
The stores of Hunter and Nereid rockets—especially the remote-control jobs—were broken out.
The InvadersWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
They allege that the planetoid is a security risk, in that it could be used for remote-control bombing of any of their planets.
Mr. PresidentStephen Arr
Facing them were three armchairs, a remote-control box beside one and another Kwann cushion behind and between the other two.
Oomphel in the SkyHenry Beam Piper
A remote-control robot could never get close enough to the Nipe to do any good.
Anything You Can Do ...Gordon Randall Garrett
remote control
- 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
- Also:: remote a hand-held device that enables remote control of a system or appliance
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