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BALANCE OF POWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balance of power mean?
• BALANCE OF POWER (noun)
The noun BALANCE OF POWER has 1 sense:
1. an equilibrium of power between nations
Familiarity information: BALANCE OF POWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An equilibrium of power between nations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("balance of power" is a kind of...):
equilibrium (a stable situation in which forces cancel one another)
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