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reˌmote conˈtrol, n. (Formerly at remote a. 3 f.)
Also hyphened in attrib. use.
[f. remote a. + control n.]
1. Control of apparatus, etc., at a distance. Freq. used attrib. to designate a device through which such control is exercised or (occas.) a remote-controlled device.
1904L. Andrews Electricity Control i. 8 It is probable..that for installations of a few thousand horse-power only, some simple method of mechanical remote control will be generally preferred. 1920Wireless World 7 Aug. 356/1 Pilot's and mechanic's cockpits are not very roomy compartments and therefore it has become standard practice to employ ‘remote control’, that is to say the main portion of the wireless apparatus..are [sic] fitted in one or two boxes which can be suspended in any convenient part of the main fuselage of the machine; these circuits being controlled by a small unit..which may be fitted on the dashboard of the machine. 1933Times 16 May 9/2 A remote control device for the selection of several alternative wireless programmes will soon be made available to the public. 1933Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. (U.S.) XI. 482 Remote-control junction boxes..provide direct 2-way communication with the landing aircraft. 1957Economist 9 Nov. 525/2 Because of their radioactivity, none of the materials can be handled normally. All operations are carried out painstakingly by remote control. 1974Harrods Christmas Catal. 69/1 Remote-control Gantry Crane, battery operated... 28{pp} high. {pstlg}8.50. 1981Oxford Jrnl. 15 May (Advt.), 14{pp} Colour Portable TV with infra-red remote control hand unit.
2. With ellipsis of unit, etc.: a (usu. hand-held) remote-control device, esp. one for operating a television set or other domestic audio or video appliance.
1921Wireless World 15 Oct. 439/1 The instrument is assembled from a Mk III ebonite top,..the parts of an aeroplane ‘remote control’, etc. 1950G. Marx Let. 6 Dec. (1967) 168, I have solved the television problem by having a remote control installed on the ugly box. 1979R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. vii. 254 Ken snapped off the TV with his remote control. 1983J. Wilcox Mod. Baptists (1984) iii. 18 ‘I can't get the remote control to work,’ he said, holding up the brown box.
Hence reˌmote-conˈtrol v. trans. (and absol.), to operate by remote control; so reˌmote-conˈtrolled ppl. a.
1943Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (B.S.I.) 84 Remote-controlled substation, a substation the operation of which is controlled at a distance. 1966P. O'Donnell Sabre-Tooth xv. 203 Two transmitters..were remote-controlled from the H.Q. section. 1970‘B. Mather’ Break in Line xv. 187, I wondered if he were still in Calcutta or was remote-controlling from London. 1988J. G. Ballard Running Wild 8 The avenues and drives were swept by remote-controlled TV cameras. |