remote

(noun): An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
(verb): To connect to a computer from a remote location.
(adjective): At a distance; disconnected.
(adjective): Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
(adjective): (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.
(adjective): Emotionally detached.
(noun): A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television), vehicle or mechanical toy from a short distance away.
(noun): A means of doing something from a distance.

A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.
There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.
After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
The bomb was detonated by remote control.