Balance of power Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an equilibrium of power between nations

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  1. . (Politics), such an adjustment of power among sovereign states that no one state is in a position to interfere with the independence of the others; international equilibrium; also, the ability ( of a state or a third party within a state) to control the relations between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a state.

Webster 1913