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Definition of Remote control
1. Noun. A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance. "He lost the remote for his TV"
Definition of Remote control
1. Noun. A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television) or mechanical toy from a short distance away. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remote Control
Literary usage of Remote control
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1911)
"Remote-Control Switchboards. — With alternators of several thousand kilowatts
capacity, the switches become too heavy to be operated by hand. ..."
2. Hawkins Electrical Guide: Questions, Answers & Illustrations; a Progressive ...by Nehemiah Hawkins by Nehemiah Hawkins (1914)
"Diagrams showing connections for General Electric single, double, and triple
pole, solenoid operated remote control switches. The operating coils are shown ..."
3. Switching Equipment for Power Control by Stephen Quentin Hayes (1921)
"... of copper busses and risers when the current involved exceeds certain amounts.
remote control.—Manual remote-control switchboards are limited in their ..."
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